$1.00 90TH YEAR | VOLUME 27 OCTOBER 17, 2019 Th E Bak ER C OUN ty PREss JOEL ADDINGTON MANAGING EDITOR [email protected]Keller Intermediate School students were off campus the morning of Oc- tober 11 at Burkins Chevro- let in downtown Macclenny to help paint a mural on the east side of the dealership facing North 3rd Street and the county courthouse. Artist Amy Stump of Jacksonville led the youths in mixing paints to create vibrant colors for the sunny mural beach scene, includ- ing the teal paint mixture for the body of a convertible at the center of the painting. “In order for me to make this sky color,” she told the students, “I’m adding a little bit of blue, see that? It’s re- ally potent color. Add white into it. All of these are a type of house paint. It keeps dirt away and won’t fade with the sun and last a very, very long time.” The paints were Sher- win-Williams Resilience, which she said is made for Florida’s high humidity en- vironment. “It’s basically dirt resis- tant, everything. It’s amaz- ing,” said Ms. Stump, who also teaches art in St. Johns County schools as a substi- tute and privately. “Paint parties, face paint- ing, I’m a forensic artist for a law enforcement medical ex- aminer’s office,” she said. “... But my favorite thing to do is teach kids. You get them addicted [to art] whenever they’re young.” She recalled the time she was 10 years old and saw a picture of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo in Rome’s Vatican City and asked her parents if she could paint their ceiling at home. “My parents let me. I was 10. This is the perfect age. I knew at that time this was what I wanted to do for a long time,” said the artist. She outlined the scene in black paint herself before the children began added the color in groups four-to- five, one after another. The students waiting to make their mark on the mural painted rocks nearby with volunteers as well as parents and teachers. The mural was divided into squares with each stu- dent painting one square before letting it dry for two minutes and then applying a second layer of paint “so it can look really nice and sharp,” Ms. Stump instruct- ed the young painters. Ms. Stump said the deal- ership’s owner Larry Bur- October 17 Free food giveaway 10:00 am - 1:00 pm A free food giveaway at the county fairgrounds is sched- uled for October 17 starting at 10 a.m. First come, first serve. The fairgrounds are located at 5567 Lauramore Rd. in Macclenny. For more information, please contact Celena Farmer of Northeast Florida Community Action Agency at (904) 259-4481. Woman’s club meeting 10:30 am - 12:00 pm GFWC Woman’s Club of Macclenny will host its reg- ular meeting October 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the clubhouse on South 5th Street in Mac- clenny. All interested ladies are welcome to attend. Free quit smoking help 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Baker Prevention Coalition, Top state hospital admin resigns Page 7 AT A GLANCE THINGS TO DO MORE NEWS Go vote ... bakercountypress.com Does Macclenny need more multi-familty (apartments, duplexes, condos) housing? Yes 58% No 42% Cross country results Page 16 Football fan family Page 13 See page 3 See page 3 BREAST CANCER AWARENESS See ad on pg. 18 Cats rebound with win Page 16 JIM MCGAULEY [email protected]Law enforcement, pros- ecutors and school employ- ees expressed shock and frustration learning last week that a circuit judge threw out the case against a 15-year-old Baker High student for penning a six- page notebook with detailed plans to carry out a mass shooting on the campus. Judge Gloria Walker, presiding over a bench (no jury) trial last Thursday, brought it to an abrupt halt declaring the state had not made its case against the youth, who had been in the custody of juvenile authori- ties since his arrest on Sep- tember 9. Though charged with a second-degree felony, the defendant was on trial as a juvenile, and thus court proceedings were closed to the public. “The judge ruled that, although the defendant showed the notebook to another kid, he was not in direct com- munication with a threat- ened person,” said State At- torney Wil- liam Cervone earlier this week. He said his office will re- search potential avenues to appeal Judge Walker’s de- Judge Gloria Walker Mass shooting threat teen freed The state statute under which the 15-year-old defendant was arrested before Judge Walker dismissed the case last week. It was passed following the mass shooting in Parkland, FL in early 2018. See page 3 Keller students enlisted for mural Above from left: Alex Miller and Lannyc Barton paint the grass and sun in the mural. Below artist Amy Stump mixes paint for the students from Keller Intermediate School. MIKE ANDERSON PRESS STAFF Scott Crews capped a 30-year firefighting career with the Macclenny Fire and Rescue Department last week, reaching the top of the chain of command: Fire Chief. Mr. Crews received a new lapel insignia denoting his new rank with his pre- decessor, recently retired chief Buddy Dugger, by his side during a pinning cere- mony at a city commission meeting the evening of Oc- tober 8, His wife, Tia Crews, was about to perform the ceremonial pinning but instead, said the honor should go to his “mama,” Sharon Crews, who walked to the center of the room beaming with pride and attached the gold-tone em- blems to her son’s uniform. Chief Crews expressed his gratitude to the city and how much it meant to him to succeed the man he had worked under and admired Crews new city FD chief Scott Crews is pinned by his mother Sharon Crews. See page 4
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$1.00 9 0 T H YE A R | V O LU M E 2 7 OCTOBER 17, 2019
Keller Intermediate School students were off campus the morning of Oc-tober 11 at Burkins Chevro-let in downtown Macclenny to help paint a mural on the east side of the dealership facing North 3rd Street and the county courthouse.
Artist Amy Stump of Jacksonville led the youths in mixing paints to create vibrant colors for the sunny mural beach scene, includ-ing the teal paint mixture for the body of a convertible at the center of the painting.
“In order for me to make this sky color,” she told the students, “I’m adding a little bit of blue, see that? It’s re-ally potent color. Add white into it. All of these are a type of house paint. It keeps dirt away and won’t fade with the sun and last a very, very long time.”
The paints were Sher-win-Williams Resilience, which she said is made for Florida’s high humidity en-vironment.
“It’s basically dirt resis-tant, everything. It’s amaz-ing,” said Ms. Stump, who also teaches art in St. Johns County schools as a substi-tute and privately.
“Paint parties, face paint-ing, I’m a forensic artist for a law enforcement medical ex-
aminer’s office,” she said. “... But my favorite thing to do is teach kids. You get them addicted [to art] whenever they’re young.”
She recalled the time she was 10 years old and saw a
picture of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo in Rome’s Vatican City and asked her parents if she could paint their ceiling at home.
“My parents let me. I was
10. This is the perfect age. I knew at that time this was what I wanted to do for a long time,” said the artist.
She outlined the scene in black paint herself before the children began added the color in groups four-to-five, one after another. The students waiting to make their mark on the mural painted rocks nearby with volunteers as well as parents and teachers.
The mural was divided into squares with each stu-dent painting one square before letting it dry for two minutes and then applying a second layer of paint “so it can look really nice and sharp,” Ms. Stump instruct-ed the young painters.
Ms. Stump said the deal-ership’s owner Larry Bur-
October 17 Free food giveaway10:00 am - 1:00 pm
A free food giveaway at the county fairgrounds is sched-uled for October 17 starting at 10 a.m. First come, first serve. The fairgrounds are located at 5567 Lauramore Rd. in Macclenny. For more information, please contact Celena Farmer of Northeast Florida Community Action Agency at (904) 259-4481.
Woman’s club meeting10:30 am - 12:00 pm
GFWC Woman’s Club of Macclenny will host its reg-ular meeting October 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the clubhouse on South 5th Street in Mac-clenny. All interested ladies are welcome to attend.
Law enforcement, pros-ecutors and school employ-ees expressed shock and frustration learning last week that a circuit judge threw out the case against a 15-year-old Baker High student for penning a six-page notebook with detailed plans to carry out a mass shooting on the campus.
Judge Gloria Walker, presiding over a bench (no jury) trial last Thursday, brought it to an abrupt halt declaring the state had not made its case against the youth, who had been in the custody of juvenile authori-ties since his arrest on Sep-tember 9.
Though charged with a second-degree felony, the
defendant was on trial as a juvenile, and thus court proceedings were closed to the public.
“The judge ruled that, although the defendant showed the notebook to another kid, he was not in direct com-munication with a threat-ened person,” said State At-torney Wil-liam Cervone earlier this week.
He said his office will re-search potential avenues to appeal Judge Walker’s de-
Judge Gloria Walker
Mass shooting threat teen freed
The state statute under which the 15-year-old defendant was arrested before Judge Walker dismissed the case last week. It was passed following the mass shooting in Parkland, FL in early 2018.
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Kellerstudentsenlistedfor mural
Above from left: Alex Miller and Lannyc Barton paint the grass and sun in the mural. Below artist Amy Stump mixes paint for the students from Keller Intermediate School.
MIKE ANDERSONPRESS STAFF
Scott Crews capped a 30-year firefighting career with the Macclenny Fire and Rescue Department last week, reaching the top of the chain of command: Fire Chief.
Mr. Crews received a new lapel insignia denoting his new rank with his pre-decessor, recently retired chief Buddy Dugger, by his side during a pinning cere-mony at a city commission meeting the evening of Oc-tober 8,
His wife, Tia Crews, was about to perform the ceremonial pinning but instead, said the honor should go to his “mama,” Sharon Crews, who walked to the center of the room beaming with pride and attached the gold-tone em-blems to her son’s uniform.
Chief Crews expressed his gratitude to the city and how much it meant to him to succeed the man he had worked under and admired
Crewsnew cityFD chief
Scott Crews is pinned by his mother Sharon Crews.
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cision, and at the very least bring the matter up to legis-lators with an eye on closing the loophole.
“If you write a diary and keep it to yourself, that’s okay, but if you show it to another person, that’s an-other matter altogether,” added Mr. Cervone. He was referring to a section of Florida Statute 836.10 that speaks directly to the felony offense of “allowing another person to view the threat.”
[See text of the statute on front page.]
Based on statements from police at the time of his arrest, the manifesto tagged “School Shooting Plan BCHS Plan #1” named intended targets including principals, teachers, first re-sponders and others gath-ered at large events like pep rallies.
“The manifesto was ex-tremely egregious and de-tailed,” said Major Randy Crews of the sheriff’s de-partment this week.
Maj. Crews on Monday secured a slot on the agenda of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Com-mission meeting in Orlan-do the next day. According to Sheriff Rhoden, the pan-el “had the same reaction as everyone else” and saw no reason to alter the exist-ing statute under which the youth was charged (see re-lated sidebar).
The commission was cre-ated by the Florida Legisla-ture in 2018 in the wake of the February, 2018 mass shooting in central Flori-da that took the lives of 17 students and teachers and
wounded 17 others.“We wanted to talk to
them. We believe we’ve done everything required of us in situations like this, and we’d do the same thing if it happened today,” declared the sheriff.
“The judge erred in her interpretation of the law. We did what the law tells us to do. We tell everyone ‘See something, say something” but the court sees that dif-ferently.
“She said we didn’t prove it (the threat) was transmit-ted.”
School superintendent Sherrie Raulerson was de-scribed as “very distraught” after Judge Walker’s deci-sion, but early this week cit-ed the state’s confidentiality rules when it comes to dis-cussing student affairs.
“We’re not allowed to comment in situations like this,” she said, directing the matter to law enforcement and the courts.
One of those questions unanswered this week is whether the accused would be allowed back into class-es at Baker High since ordi-narily producing the mani-festo would be a sure ticket to expulsion. In light of the judge’s ruling, what does that do to his status as a stu-dent?
The youth, who has re-mained unnamed by The Press, was arrested Sep-tember 9 after showing the notebook to at least one oth-er student, who then alerted teacher Garrett Combs. He brought it to the attention of the school administration and campus deputy Johnny Bryd, who then passed the
information onto the sher-iff’s department.
When interviewed that day, the student insisted the manifesto was “a joke” and that his “dark sense of hu-mor” propelled him to put his thoughts in writing.
Based on comments by one classmate, he and oth-ers first saw the notebook three weeks earlier, and he admonished the accused that it wasn’t a joking mat-ter.
Detective David Mancini said the boy several times during questioning claimed he would never carry out the threats contained in the notebook, but during the in-terview “[the suspect] would laugh when I questioned him about the sadistic na-ture of his writings, and at one point he told me that he has had more disturb-ing thoughts than what was found in the book ...”
Another plan in the book labeled “Plan 2 aka ridicu-lous plan” targeted “import-ant people, NOT at school” for assassination.
Judge Walker, of Gaines-ville, has been on the bench assigned to family and juve-nile courts since January. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native and UF grad bested David Robertson last year to be-come the first black person elected judge in the Eighth Circuit that includes Baker and five other counties in-cluding Alachua.
kins hired her to paint sev-eral murals at the property depicting various images of vintage Americana and history — a bald scream-ing eagle emblazoned over the service entrance, a land-scape with orange trees on the east side with the words “Macclenny proud” and a U.S. flag on the east-facing wall of the Masonic lodge next door.
“Part of the reason we’re putting so many murals up was one, he didn’t want a new building; he wanted to keep this building and he wanted to make it mem-orable for anybody who’s around,” she said. “So part of the reason is to save the building and make sure it will stay here for a long while ... become a local
landmark.”A few minutes later a
student handed her several drawings he made.
“Ohhh, did you do Fort-nite drawings for me?” she asked before the boy an-swered affirmatively.”Nice!”
Ms. Stump also had ad-vice for one girl who got paint in her hair.
“Toothpaste will take the paint out of your hair. Trust me. I’ve got plenty of paint in my hair,” she said and then rang a bell for the sec-ond group to start painting.
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The nonprofit organi-zation ElderSource, the state-designated agency for services to older citizens, is seeking a Baker County representative on its advi-sory council, preferably an elderly resident.
ElderSource said in a press release that council members’ duties include reporting on the needs of the elderly and emerging issues in their respective counties; reviewing the agency’s plans; studying legislative issues to advo-cate on behalf of the elder-ly; assisting in promoting the organization’s mission, programs and activities; and educating the public about the needs and con-tributions of the elderly.
“Our Advisory Council members are an important asset to our organization,” said Linda Levin, CEO of ElderSource. “They are an active voice we need to
hear in order for us to stay in touch on the senior is-sues affecting the commu-nities in which they live.”
The council meets on the third Thursday of the month from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the organization’s headquarters, 10688 Old St. Augustine Rd. in Jack-sonville. Council members are reimbursed for travel to and from the meeting.
For more information about how to become an ElderSource Advisory Council member, please call Vanessa Boyer at 904.391.6631or email [email protected]
ElderSource is a state designated Area Agency on Aging and Aging & Disabil-ity Resource Center funded in part by state and federal grants, foundation grants and private donations. It reaches out to more than 12,000 people each year throughout its seven coun-ty service area in northeast Florida.
for so many years.He also promised to do
his best to live up to the honor and to carry on Mr. Dugger’s legacy of excel-lent fire and rescue service in a career marked by such achievements as building the department to 14 full-time and certified members with a modern station and updated vehicles, including a ladder truck, and imple-menting water and high-al-titude rescue squads.
When asked if he thought he would have as lengthy a career as Mr. Dugger’s 43 years with the city, first as an auxiliary police officer in 1976 and later as one of 20 part-time firefighter volun-teers, Chief Crews chuckled and said he didn’t think so.
Maybe not, but he has a good start on it.
“I started my career with the city fire department in the late 1980’s as a volun-teer,” he said later. “I worked my way from a firefighter up through the officer ranks in the volunteer system while attending training classes and obtaining a certifica-tion for fire and life safety inspections in the mid to late 1990’s.
“Upon completion of the fire and life safety course I was one of the first three full-
time firefighters hired by the city in 2003 and assumed the roles and duties of the Fire and Life Safety Inspec-tor/Fire Marshal for the city.
“I have filled that position and performed many other duties along the way, while being promoted to assistant chief in 2015,” he said. “I look forward to many more years of serving this commu-nity and county.”
After the pinning ceremo-
ny, City Manager Phil Rho-den said he could think of no more deserving person than Scott Crews to replace Mr. Dugger in the fire depart-ment’s top leadership role. He said Mr. Crews is fully devoted to public service.
“This guy is never off the clock. I have no doubt that we have hired the best chief we could hire,” said Mr. Rhoden.
In other business last week the commission:
• Received an update from the city manager on the sta-tus of customer complaints about Advance Disposal’s garbage pickup service and trucks leaking hydraulic flu-id. The board specifically wanted to know whether the solid waste contractor had lived up to its commitment a few months ago to bring its service up to par.
Mr. Rhoden said he’d like to give commissioners bet-ter news, but added: “I don’t know that we’re getting bet-ter. We’re still getting com-plaints.”
Commissioner Danny Norton asked the city man-ager if “it would better to have a (Advance Disposal)
representative come to a board meeting” to answer questions, but Mr. Rhoden said probably not.
“Just let staff continue to handle it,” he said, noting, however, that he was “disap-pointed with the response so far.”
When Mayor Mark Bry-ant asked the city manager if Advance Disposal trucks were “still spraying hydrau-lic fluid all over our streets” Mr. Rhoden said there had been some improvement in that regard, though, “I won’t tell you it’s a hundred per-cent.”
In mid-July Mr. Rhoden suggested to commissioners that the city give the compa-ny “a fair amount of time” to correct the problems or else the city may have to start looking for another sanita-tion company to take over.
Mayor Bryant asked then “what’s a fair amount of time?” The city manager re-sponded: “At least 60 to 90 days.”
Last week, he said a show-down could be coming and the city may have to issue an ultimatum to Advance Dis-posal:“Make some drastic changes or let us out of our contract.”
The city’s new 2019-20 budget includes $852,063 for solid waste disposal.
• Deferred action on the second reading of a pro-posed rezoning of nearly 25 acres on the south side of Woodlawn Road imme-diately west of SR 121 for a planned 296-unit apartment complex that was rejected by the city commission a few months ago, primarily over traffic concerns.
After the applicant noti-fied the city of his intent to file a lawsuit over the rezon-ing denial, the city hired a law firm to defend its deci-sion should the matter go to court and, upon legal advice, scheduled a second and final hearing on the proposal for last week.
But no one representing the applicant, Odin Hold-ings, LLC, was present.
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Al-Anon, a support group for families and friends of alcoholics, will celebrate its first anniver-sary on November 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church library adjacent to the pumpkin patch.
A meet and greet with cake, refreshments and a screening of a movie about the origins of Al-Anon are planned.
Al-Anon meets every Thursday at the library building of the First Unit-ed Methodist Church on North 5th St. in Macclen-ny. All are welcome any-time between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. New comers wel-come!
For more details about the celebration, please call Ms. Donnie at (904) 305-6874. For general in-quiries, please call (904) 350-0600.
Photo courtesy of the City of MacclennyFrom left: Former city fire chief Buddy Dugger, new chief Scott Crews, his wife Tia Crews and his mother.
In the months leading up to the county commission adopting its new budget last month, commissioners antici-pated a roughly $1 million deficit that by the end of the pro-cess shrank to zero.
So what happened?An analysis by The Press of county budget documents
showing revenue and expenditures from October, 2018 through mid-August, 2019, found the county built up a bud-get surplus of several million dollars for the current fiscal year that ended September 30.
In the five largest county budget funds — those for general revenue (at about $11 million for 2019-20), the sheriff’s of-fice (at about $7.8 million), road maintenance (at about $3.1 million), solid waste (at some $980,000) and fire-rescue (at about $800,000) — the combined budget surpluses reached roughly $6 million.
The county amassed that sum by spending less than the amounts budgeted last year while also collecting more rev-enue than anticipated when the 2018-19 spending plan was adopted in September, 2018.
The sum doesn’t account for any revenue or expenditures from last month, though it’s likely a similar pattern to the previous 11 months continued in terms of more-than-bud-geted income and less-than-budgeted expenses for county coffers.
The county’s solid waste fund, the fourth largest, was the only major fund with a deficit of about $60,000 through Au-gust. That department over spent its budget allocation for the year by about $87,000 but also benefited from about $27,000 more in revenue than was expected.
The other four major funds realized budgetary savings from both under-spending the amounts budgeted for 2018-19 and under-estimating revenue for that year.
The approximate savings by department:$1.5 million for road maintenance, $2.6 million for the sheriff’s office, $241,000 for the fire-rescue department and $1.7 million for the general fund.
By the end of the county budget process in late Septem-ber, commissioners approved a 3% pay raise for all county employees and kept more than $4 million in reserves. The total 2019-20 county budget at roughly $40.1 million was also nearly $962,000 more than the 2018-19 spending plan.
Where was the additional money allocated? County budget documents show the increase was spread
across the all funds and departments. The general fund is facing a roughly $276,000 boost while
the fine and forfeiture fund, which covers the sheriff’s office, has about $255,000 more to work with this year.
The fire-rescue department received a nearly $61,000 in-crease while solid waste jumped about $93,000 for the new fiscal year.
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The Baker Coun-ty School Board selected Jacksonville-based Per-ry-McCall Construction as the top-ranked manage-ment firm for construc-tion of a new kindergar-ten-through-fifth-grade school proposed for SR 121 South using some $25 mil-lion in yet-to-be allocated state school construction funding.
The board favored Per-ry-McCall over two other firms — second-ranked AJax Construction and third-ranked Allstate Construc-tion, both of Jacksonville — largely due to its experience building two other schools.
While all three firms have experience building schools funded through the Florida Legislature’s special facil-ities program, which is ex-pected to grant the school district more than $8 mil-lion annually for three years, only Perry-McCall could say it has built two schools iden-tical to that designed for Baker County by Tallahas-see’s CRA Architects.
The design is a proto-type used for new schools in Hamilton and Washington counties — Hamilton Ele-mentary School in Jasper, FL and Kate M. Smith Ele-mentary in Chiply, FL.
Wayne McCall of Per-ry-McCall Construction Inc. described his company as the “least risky” bidder with low pricing, a fast schedule and quality control program.
“I say that with a lot of confidence based on facts,” Mr. McCall told school board members, who visited Ham-ilton Elementary recently to see the newly-built school in person. “... We saved Ham-ilton County $3 million over another construction man-ager’s budget.”
He added the firm also shaved three months off the construction schedule for Kate M. Smith Elementary.
“Anytime you build some-thing over and over, you get better at it,” said Mr. McCall.
The project director, who would be the district’s point of contact on the project, said he has led school con-struction projects across the state, including working on Westside Elementary’s construction and an expan-sion at Keller Intermediate School early in his career.
The team from Perry-Mc-Call foresaw the need for a short-term loan near the end of the 13-month project to continue funding construc-tion until the final install-ment of state funding arrives in late summer. Such financ-ing was described as “very typical for these special fa-cility projects ...” and readily available from a number of sources.
Speed is important for long construction projects as the cost of materials con-tinues to rise as roughly 6 percent a year, estimated the team from Perry-Mc-Call. While district finance
manager Marcelle Richard-son said she didn’t favor tak-ing on debt, it may be neces-sary given the state funding schedule that’s drawn out over 24 months with about $8 million expected in Au-gust of 2020, again one year later and then once more in August, 2022.
She said the district can-not collect the portion of school property taxes used for capital projects during a three years of state funding, which is where construction funding would normally be found. The district could use operations money “but you don’t want to use it for too long ... We don’t have $8 million to say, ‘Here it is,’” she said.
The company expects to save about $400,000 on the project due to the dis-trict’s tax-exempt status. Representatives also boast-ed about the company never being named in a lawsuit.
All three firms presenting plans last week noted that the property on which the school is planned, 40 acres of the Southern States Nurs-ery fronting SR 121 west of the state hospital, has low elevation that will neces-sitate digging out reten-tion ponds for fill dirt to be placed on the building pad area, plus what’s known as surcharging the soil to speed up compaction. That’s done, one project representative explained, by pumping up compacted soil from under the pad onto the top layer.
“Imagine taking a brick and putting in on a wet sponge ...” he said, adding that process would start sev-eral months ahead of con-struction.
An estimated 2100 dump-truck loads of dirt is needed for the building pad.
The elementary school the company built in Ham-ilton County was 138,000 square feet for 950 students compared to the 125,000 square feet for 740 students planned in south Macclen-
ny. School board members
expressed some concern that the design capacity may not be enough by the time the school opens in 2022, but Perry-McCall represen-tatives said the project could be bid with an additional wing as an alternate bid. However, leaving enough space at the rear of the prop-erty for playground space and the additional wing, meant placing one of two re-tention ponds closer to the roadway where the parking lot is also planned.
The company also com-mitted to using local sub-contractors whenever pos-sible and keeping change orders to a minimum. The latter pledge came after school board member Pau-la Barton said she “just de-spised change orders.” She requested that the contract with Perry-McCall include a provision to limit change orders to only those autho-rized by the district.
“Our track record for how construction contingency dollars are spent ... I’ll stack our track record for that against anybody ... We don’t sue contingency dollars for things we missed or left out,” Mr. McCall said.
In other business last week, the school board:
• Approved the annual School Health Report re-flecting services by school nurses and prepared by Tina Bradley, who leads the de-partment.
The report shows that of the 5032 students dis-trict-wide for the July 1, 2018-to-June 30, 2018 peri-od logged more 39,102 visits to school nurses that result-ed in 1823 health condition diagnosis, 378 medication administrations and 52 pro-cedures.
“There’s a lot of chronic illness in the school system,” Ms. Bradley told the board, adding that new allergies are “popping up” and diabet-ic students and those with
seizures are becoming more common.
The report showed most of the students, 95%, re-turned to class or remained on campus with the other 5% going home. About 1800 students were referred to outside healthcare provid-ers. The pregnancy rate for students in grades 6-8 was six pregnancies among 1229 students in that grade group, or roughly half of 1 percent. Five of the six students re-turned to school.
The school health and health education budget for the school district is more than $714,000.
The report also detailed several challenges, including that almost a quarter of the county’s children live in pov-erty and lack basic needs.
It cited a “significant in-crease” in drug abuse and domestic violence that’s “negatively affecting our student population,” in-creasing mental health con-cerns among students, par-ents and faculty and lack of resources and parental sup-port for students referred to mental health care services. It also notes that substitute nurses are difficult to find and retain due to the com-paratively low pay compared to other agencies.
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County deputies the past week arrested one man for pos-session of cocaine and filed charges in two others based on controlled buys earlier this year.
The early morning of October 8, Deputy Justin More-land was dispatched to an area near Arnold Rhoden Rd. and Sanderson Pipe on a suspicious person report. He drove up on a Ford Mustang occupied by Chad Blom, 38, of Glen parked aside the roadway and during a consent search found a total of .18 grams of powder cocaine in two locations inside the vehicle.
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The Baker County Com-mission Tuesday endorsed the county Tourist Devel-opment Council’s goals for ditching unrealistic plans to construct a civic center and increasing the county’s bed tax rate 2 percent to 5 per-cent on short-term room rentals.
Bed tax money is restrict-ed by state law to funding projects designed to in-crease tourism in Baker County, which a civic center could do along with many other potential projects like a covered, open-air amphi-theater or new recreational amenities that could draw visitors to Baker County to enjoy its natural beauty.
The county ordinance es-tablishing the bed tax at 3 percent, however, restricts the use of 75% of the fund-ing to solely the civic cen-ter project, 10% for events and other activities to boost tourism, 10% for adminis-trative costs and 5% for con-tingency.
Jack Baker Jr., who chairs the county’s Tour-ism Development Council (TDC), explained to com-missioners that bed tax-es have generated about $600,000 since they were adopted 13 years ago after some $15,000 in expenses during that time.
The annual proceeds from the taxes are roughly
$60,000 today but with two large projects under devel-opment — a 120-room ho-tel in Macclenny and an RV park with 350 spaces — that sum is expected to increase to nearly $300,000 a year should the county increase the tax rate to 5%.
County manager Ken-nie Downing estimated that sum based on a 50% aver-age occupancy rate for both projects.
And while that’s a hand-some stash of cash, it pales in comparison to the esti-mated cost for a civic center.
Roger Lankford, who also serves on the TDC and has experience building church auditoriums, estimated the average price for construc-tion of auditoriums in North Florida is $224 per square foot, which doesn’t include the cost of land acquisition or any needed infrastruc-ture.
The size needed to ac-commodate about 1500 peo-ple, he estimated, is roughly 40,000 to 50,000 square feet, making the potential cost roughly $9-to-$11 mil-lion.
Even if the tax money was pledged to pay back a $10 million bond, the debt ser-vice at 5.9 percent would be about $773,000 a year, not to mention operations and maintenance costs for the new facility.
As such, the TDC decid-ed a civic center was “not a viable project,” Mr. Baker informed the commission-ers, adding that the council
has discussed construction of a 2500-set covered am-phitheater estimated to cost $3-$4 million. That debt load, Mr. Baker said, could be supported with expected revenue.
“I don’t see a need for the Tourist Development Coun-cil if the ordinance doesn’t change,” he told commis-sioners. He favored revising the county’s ordinance to re-flect the restrictions in state law for bed tax money, rath-er than current ordinance that’s more prescriptive and less flexible.
The commission was fully on board with the proposed change.
“It’s just not feasible,” Commissioner Jimmy An-derson commented regard-ing the civic center project. “... We need to look at other alternatives.”
Commissioner James Bennet went even further, calling for the bed tax in-crease, as it would be paid mostly by visitors rather than residents.
“Bump it up to 5% or get rid of it,” he said.
Increasing the tax now would likely create less push back from hotel and motel owners than if the commis-sion waited until after the new projects are finished, Mr. Bennett reasoned.
Commission chair Cathy Rhoden and Commissioner Bobby Steele agreed as well.
“There’s no sense in sit-ting there with your hands tied,” said the chairwoman.
Deputies arrested two men the past week and charged them with violating court orders to stay away from an estranged wife and, in the other case, an es-tranged girlfriend.
Shawn Fisher, 22, was found by a tracking K-9 hiding in tall brush near a residence on Noah Rauler-son Rd. he shared with his mother Juanita Fisher, 57, who was also arrested for misleading deputies as to his whereabouts.
Deputy Jeremy You-mans said Kaylee Padgett, 20, called police on October 10 to report that Mr. Fisher attempted to call her sev-eral times, and the officer said he called again after he answered the call and Ms. Padgett confirmed his iden-tity. She said the accused also attempted to contact her via Snapchat.
The following day, po-lice were back at the Fisher residence after the suspect called Ms. Padgett to say he was going to hang himself. A rope was tied to the rafters inside an out building but officers were unable to find the suspect.
Two K-9 teams from Bak-er Correctional were sum-moned to search the area, and did so accompanied by four deputies for about six
hours before locating Mr. Fisher.
Sgt. Robert Simpkins ar-rested Mrs. Fisher for tell-ing her son to shut down his cellphone so his location could not be traced. She is charged with obstructing police; her son with resist-ing arrest and violating the protective order.
• Dennis Combs, 61, was arrested at mid-morning on October 11 for domes-tic battery on his estranged wife Stephanie Combs, 46, at their residence on Hilltop Rd. in the north county. He is also charged with violat-ing a no contact order.
The couple’s son Hunter Combs, 21, called police the previous evening to report his father was at the resi-dence, but he was not lo-cated, according to Deputy Garrett Griffis. He is alleged to have returned later and entered using a key to a rear door, then kicking through a panel placed there as a bar-rier.
Mrs. Combs said the ac-cused then confronted her, pushed her to the floor and took her phone with him to a bedroom where he spent the night. Mr. Combs surren-dered without incident the next morning, and Deputy Griffis said he appeared to be intoxicated and was bel-ligerent when arrested.
• Deputy Jared Mallard described John Higginboth-am III, 42, as “extremely intoxicated” when arrested early on October 13 for bat-tery on wife Kristina, 43, at their residence on Warren Thompson Rd. near Glen St. Mary.
Mr. Higginbotham is ac-cused of shoving her during an argument, injuring her hip, then biting her on the arm and calf, and the deputy noted bruising to that effect. The accused also allegedly backed his pickup truck into his wife’s SUV in the front yard, and a liquor bottle was retrieved from the truck.
• Kelly Frazier, 48, was jailed late on October 8 for battery on her husband Da-vid Frazier, 52, who was located by Deputy Jeremy Youmans near the Trav-elodge with bruising and scratches on his face and arms.
Mr. Frazier said he and his wife argued as they re-turned from shopping, and he got out of their vehicle to stop the attack during which he was struck in the face nu-merous times.
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Two juvenile age males were arrested the afternoon of October 12 and charged with misdemeanor shoplifting of alcohol-ic beverages and meat from the Macclenny Winn-Dixie.
Deputy Michael Antonini said the youths, from Glen St. Mary, along with two females ages 16 and 17, entered the store mid-after-noon and after loading up 14 items worth $212, walked out and placed them in a Ford Explorer.
A store employee followed them and took a photo of the vehicle license plate, and po-lice then traced the SUV to the grandmother of one of the suspects who had legal custody of him. The two males were charged, and two others initially thought to be involved were let go.
In other recent arrests, Deputy Antonini charged Michael Frailey Jr., 46, of Jackson-ville with felony trespass on a south Mac-clenny construction site the morning of Oc-tober 11.
The suspect was located hiding behind a dumpster after a neighbor called police to say he was on the property of Jenette Mur-phy, who is building a house on South 5th St.
He is also charged with the theft of a tool box worth $20 and a bicycle worth $50.
• Deputy Jared Mallard arrested Joseph MacQuarrie, 25, of Macclenny for loitering and prowling on the property of a neighbor on Tom Wilkereson Rd., the same neighbor-hood in which he lives.
The neighbor called police late on October 7 to report that the suspect had been walking
in the woods behind her house, and at one point knocked on her back door saying he was looking for a girlfriend who was lost.
The complainant said she had to tell him several times that day to leave, and the dep-uty described Mr. MacQuarrie as dirty and wet.
• Alan Hunter, 20, of Jacksonville was ar-rested in the early morning hours of October 13 for driving drunk on Interstate 10 near Sanderson.
Trooper Kari Hilliard of the Florida High-way Patrol said she drove up on Deputy Jus-tin Moreland, who had stopped a Chevrolet pickup after earlier observing it stopped par-tially in a Sanderson exit lane with the engine running and lights off.
The vehicle drove off westbound for a brief distance before stopped by the deputy, who told the trooper Mr. Hunter handed him a bank card rather than a driver’s license. He had the strong odor of alcohol and was un-steady on his feet, later doing poorly on field sobriety tests. He said he was heading back to Jacksonville from a party but unaware he was going in the wrong direction.
Mr. Hunter refused at county jail to sub-mit a breath sample.
• Michael Milligan, 44, of Jacksonville was arrested the morning of October 10 for tres-passing on property near Reid Stafford and Bill David roads west of Glen St. Mary. Dep-uty Archie Crews also learned that Mr. Mil-ligan was wanted in Duval County for child neglect.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019 The Baker County Press Page 7
An in-depth investiga-tion into the procurement practices at state-run men-tal health facilities includ-ing Northeast Florida State Hospital in Macclenny led to the resignation of Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) chief hospi-tal administrator Bob Quam early this month over allega-tions he accepted gifts from companies and individuals doing business with the state agency.
Robert K. “Bob” Quam, who oversaw NEFSH and two other state hospitals, was a former GEO Group ex-ecutive hired by the state in 2016 at an annual salary of $181,000.
GEO is one of the largest private prison management companies in the world.
The first allegation ex-plored in the 70-page report by DCF’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) was that Mr. Quam took gifts from Rich-ard Frey, a general manager with Aramark, another large private government contrac-tor, during hunting trip to Africa in late July and ear-ly August of 2018. At that time Aramark had the main-tenance contract at Flori-da State Hospital (FSH) in Chattahoochee and planned to seek additional work there and at other state hospitals.
The gifts came in the form of booking safaris, a helicop-ter ride during a rhino hunt and taxidermy, transporta-tion and storage of the tro-phy animal the pair killed on the hunt.
Aramark sought the food services contract for FSH as well as NEFSH and at the North Florida Evalua-tion and Treatment Center (NFETC) in Gainesville, the three facilities Mr. Quam oversaw, but later withdrew its bid.
Pay-to-play contracts
The summer before, NEFSH would award a three-year, $2.8 million housekeeping and janitorial contract to Aramark in early 2019, Mr. Quam accompa-nied Mr. Frey, whom he de-scribed as a friend and busi-ness associate, on the trip to Africa.
According to the OIG re-port on the investigation by inspector general Keith Parks and dated October 10, Mr. Quam testified that he initially decided against taking the African safari trip due to the apparent conflict of interest but after Aramark withdrew its bid for food services at FSH, they started planning the vacation.
He told investigators he paid his own travel expenses but admitted Mr. Frey paid for one of two safari excur-sions and other costs relat-ed to hunting wild game in South Africa.
DCF’s Office of General Counsel found Mr. Quam’s relationship to Mr. Frey had “great potential” for “ethni-cally problematic behavior ...” the OIG report shows.
“The allegation that [Mr. Quam] created a conflict of interest and failed to safe-guard his ability to make ob-jective, fair and impartial de-cisions in conjunction with department contracting ac-tions with Aramark Health-care Support Services, LLC is supported,” the OIG re-port declared.
The escapade to Africa was only one of three central allegations of financial mis-management leveled against Mr. Quam, who is not facing criminal charges as the Flor-ida Department of Law En-forcement declined to open an investigation of its own, the report says.
Mr. Quam also had Ara-mark employees repair and return a state rental vehicle he damaged in an accident at FSH in early 2017. (See next week’s edition for more details on that portion of
the investigation, which in-volved other staff using state vehicles and shoddy record keeping).
Peruvian no-bid contractor paid $375K
Perhaps the most egre-gious among the allegations was that Mr. Quam hired a Peruvian consultant named Francis “Frank” Fela with-out a formal, competitive bidding process and ap-proved payments to Mr. Fela totaling several hun-dred thousand dollars for services that could not be verified later by investiga-tors.
Mr. Quam and Mr. Fela are long-time friends from their work together in South Florida for GEO Group, which contracts with Mr. Fela’s other em-ployer, Wellpath, for men-tal health services at its facilities.
They’ve fished and taken vacations together with their wives. They lived together periodically while working in North Florida, including here in Macclenny, shared meals and socialized. The started planning a trip to Lima, Peru in late 2018 for Mr. and Mrs. Quam’s 20-year anniversary.
The initial complaint against Mr. Quam came in late August, 2018, shortly af-ter the he returned from the African safari trip.
Another complaint in-volving Mr. Quam arrived with the OIG on April 23, 2019 regarding his deci-sion to hire Mr. Fela, who the complainant described as a non-U.S. citizen with a history of criminal behavior elsewhere.
The OIG found he passed a level 2 background check but didn’t investigate the al-leged criminal history.
Nonetheless, Mr. Fela was the subject of a second complaint received by the OIG involving Mr. Quam.
The OIG’s report not-ed that Mr. Fela, who was renting apartments from Mr. Quam and his wife in-cluding a residence in Mac-clenny, was working part-time for the state in 2017 and 2018 while also doing contract work for Wellpath, which presented a conflict of interest as the company does business with DCF. It manages several state men-tal health facilities in South Florida, according to its website.
Mr. Fela and Mr. Quam argued there was no conflict because Mr. Fela’s work for Wellpath was not in Florida.
The complaint also in-cluded a list of six purchase orders for Mr. Fela son’s company, Quarry Group, LLC of Chagrin Falls, OH, all of which were for the same amount — $34,999.99 — or one penny below the thresh-old that would’ve triggered a competitive bidding process.
That was enough for the OIG to dig further.
It found that between September, 2016 and June, 2019, 18 purchase orders were issued for Mr. Fela’s services totaling $401,845 and the state paid him or the Quarry Group $375,580.
What did Fela do for state hospitals?
It’s unclear from the OIG report what Mr. Fela’s did for the state.
Some state personnel told investigators he specialized in a specific surveillance sys-tem from a publicly-traded company named Kronos. He was said to have experience with Kronos systems at the South Florida State Hospital in Pembroke Pines, FL, and
operated by Wellpath for the state.
Still other staff said Mr. Quam hired Mr. Fela to in-crease revenue by reviewing processes and making rec-ommendations to boost in-come at three state mental hospitals — NEFSH, NFETC and FSH — the three re-maining state hospitals not under private management.
The problem: Another contractor, Public Consult-ing Group, was already be-ing paid to raise state hospi-tal revenue.
Mr. Fela, however, was paid repeatedly for per-forming the same services at all three facilities on the same dates, the OIG inves-tigation found. For example, two invoices dated October 5, 2017 included the same dates for on-site services at both NEFSH and NFETC. The OIG’s report lists sever-al examples of overlapping invoices and purchase or-ders as well as billing rates that increased over time and didn’t match up with the purchase orders from the state’s procurement system.
“Mr. Fela agreed that he billed for hours, not activ-ities leading to the accom-plishment of the goals or deliverables,” reads the OIG report. “He completed in-voices as a contemporane-ous record about every two weeks based on his e-mails, telephone records and notes. He kept no calendar or activ-ity log to support his invoic-es. During the first year, his NEFSH office was 50 feet from the finance office, so they could see him coming to the office every day.”
Mark Merry, an account-ing and auditing assistant director with the state, was consulted regarding the OIG findings. Mr. Merry’s opin-ion, the OIG report states, was that the investigation uncovered a “systemic level of negligence” regarding the purchase orders and “there appeared to be a concerted effort to get money to Mr. Fela.”
Mr. Merry expressed concerns that hospital fi-nance managers were not following statutory require-ments for procurement and
that the purchase orders were vaguely written with no specific deliverables as to the work to be performed or how to document such work.
Questionable relationship
Mr. Quam told investiga-tors he had known Mr. Fela about 20 years after working with him at state hospitals in South Florida. He said he hired Mr. Fela for primarily work on information tech-nology systems, staff radios and security cameras.
He claimed to be com-pletely removed from the procurement and finance processes at NEFSH, where both men worked from time-to-time. He said he was not aware of the $35,000 threshold for competitive procurement despite emails to the contrary uncovered by the OIG investigation.
“In response to an OIG request for a legal opinion as to whether the history of purchase orders and pay-ments to Mr. Fela present-ed a conflict of interest, the Office of General Counsel responded, ‘... there may be ethically problematic behav-ior ...’ and that the matter ‘also raises an issue under procurement law ...’” the OIG’s report reads.
While Mr. Quam didn’t pay Mr. Fela’s invoices him-self, the finance staff who did testified they regretted not having a formal contract in place sooner (the Quar-ry Group was contracted on July 1, 2019 for $288,000) and not pushing Mr. Quam to competitively procure the needed services.
Diana Nelson, a finance manager for NEFSH and NFETC in Gainesville, re-portedly confirmed she “cer-tified deliverables as met for several invoices submitted by Mr. Fela” but had no doc-umentation to support his work.
Another finance staffer, Sarah “Anita” Bradley, told investigators she raised con-cerns several times about the matter with former assis-tant secretary for substance abuse and mental health John Bryant, who has since been replaced. She also tes-tified she never received doc-umentation to support the invoices submitted by Mr. Fela for payment and both women said they relied on Mr. Quam for verification that his services were satis-factory.
As a matter or routine, Ms. Bradley regularly met with Mr. Bryant to discuss budgets, contracts and other finance issues.
“Beginning in June 2018, she raised the question sev-eral times as to whether she needed to continue budget-ing for Mr. Fela’s consulta-tion services at $140,000 per year,” reads the OIG report. “She did not know if Mr. Quam, having come from the private sector, was aware of the rules and reg-ulations that the state must follow, and she wanted Mr. Bryant to be aware of what Mr. Quam was telling them
to do. “During one meeting, she
shared her opinion that Mr. Fela was causing more prob-lems than helping the facil-ities based on her personal observations and what oth-ers told her about Mr. Fela’s unprofessional manner with staff, vendors and the hospi-tal administrators.”
Mr. Bryant, during his in-terview with the OIG, said Mr. Quam likely brought on Mr. Fela within three to six months of Mr. Quam’s em-ployment with DCF.
He described how Mr. Fela was hired to assess fa-cility issues on a part-time basis periodically through-out the year at certain criti-cal times, but that role later morphed into preventing hanging suicides, which had become a problem.
Mr. Bryant reportedly ap-proved the additional work in that regard at Mr. Quam’s request.
The OIG contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement about starting a criminal investigation for theft, but the latter agency advised it would not do so.
Mr. Quam was replaced by NEFSH’s top adminis-trator Marvin Bailey, who began as the interim chief hospital administrator on October 4, said DCF spokes-woman Demonica Smith.
“We thank the Inspector General’s Office for their dil-igence in investigating this matter to bring transparen-cy and accountability to the services we provide our citi-zens,” she said by email.
The OIG report conclud-ed by recommending several changes be made to combat potential ethics violations in the future, including more training for senior lead-ership and a review of the state’s contract with Mr. Fela and the Quarry Group to en-sure there are clearly defined deliverables.
See next week’s edition for more on the investiga-tion and fall out.
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We’re getting closer to Halloween, my favorite hol-iday. Of course, Walmart has been selling costumes, decorations and candy for two months and the day af-ter Halloween, Christmas will go up.
But for most of us, we are just now beginning to gear up for trick or treat. I’ve seen a few yards deco-rated with ghosts and gob-lins. My daughter’s yearly pumpkin carving contest is this weekend and peo-ple are planning their cos-tumes.
People love to dress up in costumes. For many years, it was kids who dressed up for Halloween and adults who handed out the candy. Schools had costume con-tests and Halloween pa-rades. Some of my favorite memories from elementary school in Lake City were dressing up for Halloween.
But then there was a backlash and the holiday was frowned upon in favor of “fall festivals.” I always thought it was pretty sil-ly and another fun thing that has disappeared from school culture.
Being a theatre guy, I’ve always enjoyed a good costume and it interests me how costumes have changed over the years.
We’ve gone from home-made costumes to store-bought costumes with plas-
tic masks to very elaborate costumes. People spend a lot of money on their kids’ costumes, and even more for the ones they buy for themselves.
I find it interesting how costume styles change over
the years.Of course,
there are the old fa-vorite ghost and goblin and witches and superhe-
ro costumes for both kids and adults. But sometimes, especially for adults, cos-tumes are based on current issues or current characters in movies.
For example, when my kids were growing up there were a lot of Power Rang-ers. There were plenty of Toy Story characters over the years as well as Batman, the Joker and Spider-Man.
There are costumes based upon current events as well. At the start of the Iraq war there were a lot of soldiers. Since 2016 we have seen our share of Don-ald Trump costumes.
That isn’t a particular-ly new thing. I’ve run into Washington and Lincoln before and in the 70s and early 90s Nixon and Bill Clinton were popular cos-tumes. In college I remem-ber the more political of my friends had a Nixon in a striped convict costume.
I would expect that sim-ilar political costumes will show up across college
campuses as kids express their political viewpoints.
I expect to see a lot of Joker and Avengers based on the recent run of movies. Scary clowns have always been popular Halloween costumes, but with the mov-ie It having recently come out, there will be plenty of Pennywise the clowns set to make an appearance.
I’ve run into some super expensive ones over the years. I had a friend who spent a couple of hundred dollars on a full body rub-berized Batman costume, complete with mask that changed his voice to sound like Batman. I had to won-der whether he was out in the middle of the night to fight crime.
Another friend who was obsessed with Star Wars had the same equivalent with Darth Vader. He had the light up chest control panel and the molded plas-tic face mask that changed his voice and amplified that creepy breathing. His light saber made all kinds of sounds.
I really liked a few years back when foam became a big deal in costumes. It allowed for three dimen-sionality. Foam Crayola crayons, fired eggs, soup cans, strips of bacon, all were possible with wearable foam.
Some of my favorite re-cent ones have included costumes that you wear that look like you’re riding something — camels, an
elephant, horses and Star Wars characters. Your feet are the front legs and the head is at the front and the tail end the back. Very clev-er stuff.
I can’t wait to see what the costume designers cre-ate for this year, although I do have a soft spot in my heart for homemade cos-tumes.
Happy Halloween.
It’s difficult this week to get into the mind of Cir-cuit Judge Gloria Walker, who ruled last week that the state did not make its case against a Baker High student arrested in September in possession of an seven-page manifes-to outlining his plans to shoot up the campus and kill as many people as he could during a nine-min-ute window before police arrived.
The sheriff’s department this week released contents of the notebook that proved two things: this is a very disturbed teen who now we assume is free to pursue whatever goals he has set for himself in his 15 years (not doing so good so far), and that he is in dire need of further instruction in mechanics of the English language. The latter pales in importance to the need to get him help with the former.
Judge Walker, new on the circuit bench since Jan-uary, appeared to ignore a critical section of Florida Statute 836.10 that says essentially anyone making such threats is guilty of a second-degree felony if he or she allows “another per-son to view the threat.”
The judge, based on what we were told by persons who were actu-ally involved in the trial on October 10 (it was in juvenile court so closed to
the public), ruled that the state failed to prove that the youth transmitted the threats to anyone who was a target.
If we understand her reasoning in that light, Judge Walker was correct. What appears to be a criti-cal error on her part, how-
ever, is that she ignored the portion quoted above. The student showed the
document to at least one other student (likely more) and that led to the school administration finding out about a real danger lurking in its midst.
The Baker County Sheriff’s Office, to its credit, spread word of the ruling this week to the Stoneman Douglas Commission in Orlando, created as an oversight board in the wake of the mass shooting in ear-ly 2008 that took the lives of 17 persons in central Florida.
The officer who brought the message in person, Maj. Randy Crews, said members of the panel were equally perplexed at Judge Walker’s ruling and, more significantly, did not believe Statute 836 needed any tweaking. It’s clear on the face of it that the BCHS student is guilty. That his manifesto was not trans-mitted to a target is irrele-vant as to the law.
Reading over that mani-festo (truly a glorified term
assigned to a bland and rambling jumble of words bouncing around in the brain of this disturbed kid), it’s clear that his plans were more of a “wish list” than a detailed “battle plan” he intended to carry out on the BCHS campus given the opportunity.
But it was close enough to give us all notice that
mass killings on school campuses and other public venues often hatch in the minds of the mentally ill, and who knows, as in the case of this teen, how those seeds of an idea take form and lead to actual events.
Whatever the outcome of Judge Walker’s ruling last week, it will surely serve as a catalyst for further glanc-
es into the minds of people like this who, after all, live among us in a free society.
Yours truly recalls the early 1970s in Baker Coun-ty when the state mental hospital had a population nearly three times what it is today (and fewer em-ployees) before it became fashionable to release mentally ill persons into
the mainstream of society, issued a new generation of psychotropic drugs many then refused to take.
The takeaway from this week: The advisory “See something, say something” is as valid today as before a circuit judge in north Flor-ida diminished its wisdom with an erroneous ruling. from the bench.
LETTER TOTHE EDITOR
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:
ImpressIonsJim McGauley
My Side ofthe Matter
ROBERT GERARD
Mystified by decision in potential shooter case
Dear Editor: I checked into Fraser
Hospital around noon on September 15 with symptoms of a heart at-tack. They did many tests (EKG, stress, blood, echo cardiogram) and nothing was found. They asked that I stay for observa-tion.
The next day after a few more tests and blood draws they determined I had a mild heart attack. They said the ambulance for cardio was not avail-able and I needed to be flown in by helicopter.
Doctors: before calling in Life Flight, please con-sider a patient’s condition and that this will cost $50,000 and Medicare will only pay $4,000. Patients: before allowing this, be sure you know the costs involved.
The good news, the Lord was with me. I had 100% blockage in an ar-tery but only a mild heart attack. The doctor was surprised to find 100% blockage and I was told he said something about “my body must have handled it.” I know who “handled it.” The Lord.
Ralph MartinMacclenny
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John W. Jones originally arrived in Columbia County, Florida from Liberty County Georgia about 1833, possi-bly a participant in the 2nd Seminole War. As many of the north Florida settlers relocat-ed in central Florida after the war, the farsighted Mr. Jones moved back in 1843 and be-gan to acquire some of the abandoned lands. By 1850 he had established a large plantation on the high fertile acres between Swift Creek and the headwaters of New River.
Living near him at one time along the Tallahassee-Garey’s Ferry (Middleburg) Road was William Jones (born c. 1762) of Virginia. This William, a Revolutionary War veteran, is likely, But unauthenticated, candidate for the subject’s fa-ther. The elder Jones had set-tled in old Effingham County, Georgia after the war, and lat-er was found living in Liberty County of that same state.
John W. Jones’ wife Sar-ah A. was born in Georgia in 1807. Their children were Mary J., born 1834; Eugenia,
born 1837; Pauline, born 1844; Phillip, born 1846; and Joseph, born 1847.
In 1860, as a resident of New River (now the south-ern part of Baker County), he owned 42 slaves. His real property was was valued at $11,500, and his personal property was $26,000.
When the Florida Se-cession Convention met in Tallahassee in 1861, Green A. Hunter and A.J.T. Wright were elected from Columbia County. Mr. Jones contested Mr. Wright’s seating, and was awarded Mr. Wright’s place as a delegate from Columbia. Mr. Wright had already voted for secession, and Mr. Jones was too late to cast a vote. Whether or not he was in fa-vor of secession is unknown but he became known as the “too late delegate”.
A son John Paul is the an-cestor of many of the area’s modern Jones families. He was born 20 October 1835 in Georgia (probably Liberty Co.). He died on the 10th of June 1892, and was buried in
the Greens Creek Cemetery south of Sanderson. His wife was Mary Rebecca Dowling, a daughter of Henry Tucker and Jane Ann Cleland Dowl-ing. She was born September 20th, 1840, died June 21st 1923, and is buried by her husband.
John Paul was a Confed-erate soldier of Company D, 1 st Florida Calvary. Private Jones was transferred to the 8th Infantry, which, with the 2nd and 5th, fought in the 2nd Battle of Manasses 30 August 1862, and participat-ed in the capture of Harpers Ferry. Back in the 1st Florida Cavalry, he was at Olustee on the 20th of February, 1864 to help stop the Federal ad-vance through Florida.
John Paul was active in agriculture and cattle rais-ing, and in addition, was an important and instrumental early member of the young county commission. In Folio 80 of the Book of Proceeding of the County Commission is recorded, 6 February, 1881, a BOND FOR RETURN OF DI-GEST LAWS which carries the name of Mr. Jones as a co-signer with Judge Richard D. Davis and Com. W.A Drake of Margaretta, and Recorded by Francis J. Pons, Clerk Cir-cuit Court.
An interesting fact about Mr. John W. Jones is that he kept two legal residences; one in Columbia County and another in the southern end of present Baker County, be-ing politically, economically, and socially active in both.
mokey Bear first appeared as a symbol of wildfire prevention in 1944. This year marks the 75th Birthday of this forest hero.
In the spring of 1950, winds were pushing a wildfire through a forest in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico. Firefighters from far and wide rushed to put the fire out.
A little bear cub climbed a tree to escape the flames burning on the ground. He was only five pounds and he was very scared.
Firefighters found the cub still alive, but his paws and hind legs were
badly burned. They couldn’t find his mother. The little bear cub was sent to an animal doctor to be treated and bandaged.
A forest service ranger named Ranger Ray cared for the cub. Ray’s 4-year-old daughter played with the bear and cheered him up.
The little bear was named Smokey and moved to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and he became the living symbol of Smokey Bear.
The United States Forest Service received so many letters from children for Smokey that he needed to have his own:
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The song was so popular, that even today many people _________ the famous character’s name is “Smokey the Bear.” But it is ____________ just Smokey Bear.
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Macclenny ElementaryMrs. A. Taylor’s class-2nd GradeOnce there was a misunderstood monster named Rhino. He was a good rhino but the leopards thought he was scary. He had a di� erent horn than the other rhinos. He was sad that nobody would play with him. He was a green color and the other rhinos were gray. Rhino only had three legs. He had to stay at his home because he was sad and very misunderstood.Gabriel Hess
Once there was a monster named Arg. He was big, hairy, and green. Everyone was afraid of him. No one got close to him. Arg lived in a cave on the side of a hill. He was lonely. He had no friends. When he tried to make friends everyone would run away and hide. Arg was going to � nd another place to live but some-one stopped him. Arg said he didn’t belong here but the person said she would be his friend. Arg was happy and decided to stay. Tatum Shields
Mrs. Rentz’s class-3rd GradeThis is reporter Victoria Dinkins. I have a very exciting update. A monster has been found in Baker COunty. Ac-cording to police o� cers, it has blue eyes, fur and hot pink horns!! They said it was big but nice? They found it on the roof of Pizza Hut! When they tried petting it, the monsters eyes went from nice to mean looking and it started chasing them. Will they ever see this monster again? The real questions is ... was it misunderstood?Victoria Dinkins
This is reporter Rydia Burnham with a breaking news update. A misunder-stood monster is roaming the streets of Macclenny, Florida. I am now hav-ing an interview with this monster. It said ... But I am not trying to harm anybody! I just want a friend ... said th emonster. So I went door to door and found him a friend. He was never misunderstood again. That’s all for this week’s news.Rydia Burnham
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ACROSS1. Birds of ill omen6. Comes before flow9. Hair styling products13. B on Mendeleev’s table14. Variable, abbr.15. Lace loop16. Cemetery slab17. Paleozoic or mesozoic18. Orderly arrangement19. Vampire’s bed21. Trick-or-treating garb23. Tan purveyor24. Best ____ secret25. What highwaymen do28. Rossini’s “La Scala di ____”30. 1 1/2 calorie breath mint35. Copycat37. Rotterdam or Singapore, e.g.39. Expressing an assertion40. Wine, to Pliny41. Hiker’s path43. Ship to Colchis44. Finish46. Serengeti antelope47. Wyatt Earp action?48. Like Matryoshka inside Matryoshka50. Bagpiper’s tartan52. Hankering53. ____ E. Coyote55. Precedes Sept..57. Full of ghosts61. Fearful reaction64. Acquiesce65. Metal-bearing rock67. Observatory observations69. Parents’ post-Halloween nightmare?70. Epitome of easiness71. Phrase of explanation72. House of Lords member73. Mar. follower74. Lively
DOWN1. Gayle King’s network2. Drilling grp.3. Sandwich cookie4. CNN’s Blitzer and Accept gui-tarist Hoffmann5. Blunders or bloopers6. Fifty-fifty7. Fly hangout?
8. Ankle support, e.g.9. Horizontal wall beam10. Common hosiery shade11. Type of rich soil12. Eye affliction15. Anise-flavored spirit20. All thumbs22. Make a choice24. James Corden’s kind of singing25. ”Once upon a midnight dreary” bird26. Express a thought27. Gives in29. Suit material?31. Republic in Africa32. Leave slowly33. Pond buildup34. Funny to some, scary to others
36. Overwhelming defeat38. Cone-shaped quarters42. Whitman’s famous flower45. Not silver49. Marilyn Manson: “Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna ____ of fright”51. Traditional alternative to pumpkin54. Parkinson’s disease drug56. Glittery stone57. Door fastener58. Malaria symptom59. Egg on60. Not far61. Palm reader, e.g.62. Affirm63. Fake face66. Gravestone wish68. Chester White’s home
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David Alford, 64, of SandersonDavid Charles Alford, 64, of Sand-
erson passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Mr. Al-ford was born on December 12, 1954 to Vernon Charles and Violet Davis Al-ford. He worked for Southeastern Iron Workers with W.W. Gay for 23 years. He was member of the Ironworker’s Union Local Number 597 and a mem-ber of Dinkins New Congregational Methodist Church. He was an avid hunter and loved the Georgia Bulldogs. He was preceded in death by his par-ents; sister Gayle Alford; son John Wi-ley Alford; nephew Peedink Alford; son-in-law Scott Davis; mother-in-law Mary Roiser.
Mr. Alford is survived by his loving wife of 27 years Dodie Roiser Alford; daughters Lori Ann Davis of Tallahas-see, Ashley (Clayton) Wright of Macclenny, Kristie Alford and Whitney Alford of Sanderson; grandchildren Brittney Alford, Kansas Davis, Ashton Alford, Scotty Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Kassie Davis, Maliyah Washington, Malachi Larry, Mayzon Larry and expected grandson Elijah Wright; sis-ters Cathy Griffis of Olustee, Sue (Billy) Godwin of Sand-erson, Betty (Bobby) Barnes of Macclenny, Lydia Alford of Sanderson, Amy (William) Flanders of Olustee, Joan (Mi-chael) Midyette of Glen St. Mary and Sonia (Sam) Combs of Sanderson; numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral service was held on October 14 at his church with Pastor Timothy Alford and Sam Combs officiating. In-terment was at Cedar Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Blackburn Curry Funeral Home of Macclenny.
Service Saturday for Pamela AltmanPamela Suzanne Altman, 57, of
Johnson City, TN passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019. She was born in Daytona Beach to Floyd “Bill” and Patsy Rhoden on August 27, 1962. She lived most of her life in Glen St. Mary and Lake City, but moved to Johnson City in 2007 where she spent the remainder of her life. She loved spending summer breaks with her grandchildren, often bringing them to Tennessee to spend the summers with her fishing and camping. She was pre-ceded in death by her mother and sis-ter Theresa Aderman.
Ms. Altman is survived by her father and stepmoth-er Annette Rhoden of Glen St. Mary; children Joseph (Sara) Bennette of Macclenny and Patsy Bennette of King-sport,TN; grandchildren Joe, Will, Cason, Bentley, Mat-thew, Hannah and Kelly; sisters Tracey (David) Gregorie of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Aricia (Glenn) Corbett of Perry, GA; brothers Billy (Cindy) Rhoden, Clay (Lori) Rho-den, Marcus Rhoden and Derrick Rhoden, all of Glen St. Mary; numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.
A celebration of Ms. Altman’s life will be held on Satur-day, October 19 at 1 p.m. at Community Full Gospel Church on Mud Lake Road with pastors Tommy Richardson and Oral Lyons officiating. The church will be feeding the fami-ly one hour prior to the service in the fellowship hall.
‘Bubba’ Barnes II of Glen St. MaryMarvin D. “Bubba” Barnes II, 60, of
Glen St. Mary passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 at his residence. He was born on April 28, 1959 in Homer-ville, Clinch County, GA to Marvin D. and Marthann (Landrum) Barnes Sr. Mr. Barnes worked over the years in several positions, most notably for Johnny Johnson Trucking Co. and Tim-Prep. He also spent time beekeep-ing with his father. In his spare time, “Bubba” was an avid fan of NASCAR and the Georgia Bulldogs. He had a vast collection of model race cars in his home. He could often be found out at his pond, feeding his fish or at the softball fields, watching his granddaughters play. He will be remembered for his joking nature as well as being a loving father, grandfather, brother and uncle. He was preceded in death by his par-ents; sister Terry Lee Barnes and brother Alan Barnes.
Mr. Barnes is survived by his children Marcus (Angel) Barnes, Kayona Hoard, Casey (Josh Jarrell) Barnes and Ashley Barnes, all of Glen St. Mary; grandchildren Joshua Gill, Emaleigh Raulerson, Daniel Hoard, Jaylin Jarrell, Da-vis Hoard, Jayden Jarrell, Brayleigh Gullion, Braxton Gul-lion, and Marcus Barnes II and one great-grandson; sister Audrey (O.D.) Rewis of Glen St. Mary; several nephews, a niece and numerous other family members and friends.
The funeral service was held on October 15 at Forbes Fu-neral Home Chapel in Macclenny with Rev. David Thom-as officiating. Interment followed at Macedonia Cemetery, Macclenny.
Carolyn Boatright, 84, of Lake CityCarolyn E. Barton Boatright, 84, of Lake City passed
away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at Haven Hospice in Lake City. She was born on May 29, 1935 in Macclenny to Earn and Hattie Barton and graduated from Macclen-ny High School in 1953 as class Salutatorian, voted by her classmates as “Best Dancer” and “Most Likely to Succeed.” During her senior year in high school she served as a staff intern to Baker County Representative John J. Crews during the 1953 legislative session. After graduating she moved to Jacksonville and worked at Gulf Life Insurance Company. In July 1956 Carolyn met the love of her life and husband of 59 years Kenneth Boatright. They were married in the First Baptist Church in Macclenny on September 9, 1956, and spent the next sixteen years moving around the state of Florida while Ken made a career working for the Florida Highway Patrol. They lived in and raised their three children in Fernandina Beach, Bunnell, Ocala, Cross City, Orlando, DeLand and Ft. Lauderdale. Their final move was to Lake City in 1972. In 1974 Carolyn went to work for the State of Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles as a drivers license examiner. She proudly enjoyed this career for the next 22 years. She was a faithful mem-ber of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church for the past 47 years. In recent years she enjoyed the friends and fellowship of the church participating in the monthly XYZ Club. Carolyn believed that life should be lived one day at a time and that all things would be in accordance with God’s plan. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved her family dearly. She was preceded in death by her husband; son Clark W. Boatright; her parents; brother Thomas L. Barton Sr; and her son-in-law Richard E. Monk.
Mrs. Boatright is survived by her children, retired FHP lieutenant Kenneth Mark (Cindi) Boatright Sr., Kar-en (Bradley Myer) Boatright Monk; grandchildren, FHP lieutenant Kenneth Mark “Boaty” (Lacey) Boatright Jr., Kyla Boatright, Richie, Emily and Amanda Monk, three great-grandchildren; sister Marilyn Raulerson of Mac-clenny; numerous sisters and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Mrs. Boatright’s life was held on Oc-tober 12 at her church with Pastor Kevin Hall officiating. A graveside service followed on October 13 at the Martha Memorial Cemetery near Bristol, GA. Contributions may be made to the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home or to Haven Hospice.
Henry Conner, 82, of St. GeorgeHenry James Conner, 82, of St.
George, GA died Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at the Folkston Park Care & Rehab Center, Folkston, GA following a long illness. Mr. Conner was born in Macclenny and resided in Baker Coun-ty for many years before moving to the Moniac area of Georgia over 25 years ago. He was a farmer by trade and loved to hunt and fish. He was pre-ceded in death by his wife Faye Bryant Conner and his parents Lawton and Essie Rhoden Conner.
Mr. Conner is survived by sisters Susie Marsh of Macclenny, Gladys Hair and Patsy Groves, both of Sanderson; brothers Vir-gil and Floyd Conner, both of Sanderson; numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service to honor the life of Mr. Conner was held on October 12 at Taylor Church with Rev. James Con-ner officiating. Interment was in Taylor Cemetery. Guerry Funeral Home, Macclenny, was in charge of arrangements.
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Mary ‘Faye’ Harden dies FridayMary “Faye” Harden, age 76 of
Macclenny, FL passed away Octo-ber 11, 2019 at Macclenny Nursing and Rehab following an extended illness. She was born in Gadsden, AL to the late Wilburn (Buddy) and Doris Ferguson. Faye married her childhood sweetheart James (Jim) Henry Harden of O’Hatchee, AL in 1960 and moved to Jacksonville, Florida to begin their life together. In addition to being a devoted wife, she was a dedicated homemaker raising four children and babysit-ting many other children through-out the years. The Harden family moved to Macclenny in 1973 where the Harden home and yard was known to be the neighborhood gathering place for the friends of her children. Faye enjoyed reading all manner of nov-els, crocheting and completing crossword puzzles. She was predeceased by her parents, husband and grandson Johnathon Harden.
Faye is survived by her children Debra (Derek) Load-holtz of Live Oak, FL, David (Sarah) Harden of Macclen-ny, FL, Mark (Julie) Harden of Lake Butler, and Lena (Jerry) Crews of Palatka, FL; grandchildren Kaitlyn and Morgan Loadholtz, Branden Harden, Samantha Shedd, Rebekah and Jesse Harden, Jerrod and Jordan Crews; 9 great-grandchildren and sister Linda Bowen of Powder Springs, GA.
The family will hold a private committal service near her childhood home at a later date. The family would like to thank the dedicated caregivers of Macclenny Nursing and Rehab as well as the staff of North East Florida Com-munity Hospice for their care, kindness and support. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Community Hospice & Palliative Care Founda-tion, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257. The arrangements are under the care of V. Todd Ferreira Ser-vices.
Mary Harden
Katherine Sperry loved to travelKatherine Annette Sperry, 69,
passed away unexpectedly Satur-day, October 5, 2019. Annette was born in Raiford, Florida, the daugh-ter of the late Perry Lee and Lilly Pearl (Bradley) Hart and had lived in Orange Park, Florida for the past 28 years. Ms. Katherine worked as the Bookstore Manager at St. Johns River State College, retiring after 20 years. She was a World Traveler, having been to wonderful places in Europe, South America, Australia, on every continent except Antarcti-ca. At home Annette was a devoted companion to the love of her life for over 30 years, Dan Adcock, a loving mother, grandmother “Nana”, great grandmother “Gigi”, and friend. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include her two daughters Malissa Barber (Tommy) and Nicki Elixson, both of Macclenny; grand-children Kayla, Evan, Garrett, Caroline, Olivia, Richard, Brent, Kimberly, Katherine, Kaitlyn; great-grandchil-dren Kyrie, Natalie, Sebastian, Katherine, Isabelle, Shay-la, Reagan, and Harlynn.
Private family services were held. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Blackburn-Curry Funeral & Cre-mation.
Katherine Sperry
Upcoming service for ‘Gerrie’ CrewsGeraldine “Gerrie” Elizabeth Crews,
72, passed away on Monday, October 14th, 2019 in Macclenny. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. Gerrie was born on July 25, 1947. She retired from Bellsouth after 30 years of service. She loved spend-ing time at the river with her friends and family and going to NASCAR rac-es. She was preceded in death by her parents J.W. and Irene Manning; sis-ter Rita Manning; and brother Douglas Manning.
Gerrie is survived by her son David (Jennifer) Crummey; grandchildren Taylor (Talon) Tyler, Allie Crummey and Ross Crummey; sisters Carolyn (Nathaniel) Crews, Faye Manning and Bar-bara Manning; and numerous nieces and nephews.
There will be a celebration of her life on Saturday, Oc-tober 26 at 11 a.m. at Blackburn-Curry Funeral Chapel in Macclenny with Pastor Gary Crummey officiating.
Service held for baby Kyla HollandKyla Michelle Toneia Holland passed away Saturday,
October 12, 2019 at UF Health Jacksonville. This precious baby girl is now resting in the arms of Jesus.
She leaves behind her parents Brookcey Padgett and Toney Holland; grandparents Christina Brantley, Keith Padgett, Stanley Holland, Jennipher and Tommy Phillips; great-grandparents Buddy and Rita Stokes, Patty and Don-ald Brantley; several aunts, uncles, and great aunts also survive.
A Celebration of Kyla’s life will be held Monday, October 21 at 11 a.m. at V. Todd Ferreira Funeral Services chapel with Pastor Eddie Griffis officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Memorial for Billy WilkersonBilly Wilkerson, 59, passed away suddenly on Friday,
September 13, 2019. Family and friends are invited to at-tend a memorial celebration of his life at his sister’s home located at 15717 L.E. Wilkerson Road, Macclenny at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, a service will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Please contact Susan for more information at 904-259-2789.
Geraldine Crews
Family gratefulWe would like to ex-
press our sincere thanks and appreciation to ev-eryone who offered love, kindness, support, com-fort, messages of sym-pathy and prayers to our family following the death of our wife and mother Becky. We also send our gratitude to Raiford Road Church, Community Full Gospel Church, Guer-ry Funeral Home, Baker County EMS, Ed Fraser ER staff and the Baker County Sheriff’s Office. Your many acts of kind-ness continue to be a great comfort to us in our time of sorrow.
The family of Becky Long,Gene, Joe, Michele,
John, Rachael and grandchildren
Fish fry and gospel sing
Sanderson Christian Revival Center will hold a free fish fry and gospel sing on Saturday, October 19 at 5 p.m. with the Blue-grass Messengers singing at 7 p.m. Be sure to grab your instrument or music to participate in the open sing. The church is located at 14302 Sapp Road, Glen St. Mary.
CIRCUIT COURT
A Baker Correctional In-mate was sentenced to two more years in prison after entering a no contest plea in circuit court on October 8 to possession of a cell phone, considered contraband un-der state statute.
Dale Jones, 38, will re-ceive credit for 171 days in custody since the felony charge was filed last year. He was serving an 11-year sentence for grand theft in Duval County and cocaine possession in a Baker Coun-ty case.
Department of Correc-tions records indicate Mr. Jones had twice before been in prison, sentenced in 2001 and 2006 for robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
In other prison sentences ordered that day by Judge James Colaw, Thomas Hart, 39, will serve 14 months after admitting he violated drug offender probation in-stated earlier this year for felony battery.
Court records indicate he did so by having contact with the victim in the case earlier this year. Judge Co-law allowed credit for 132
days in custody since his ar-rest.
The judge allowed Bri-an Harris 481 days he has already been in custody as punishment for violating probation in multiple sale and possession of drugs cas-es dating back to 2017.
Mr. Harris, 28, violat-ed terms of his probation by failing to complete drug treatment, and will serve out the remainder of his sen-tence on house arrest.
George Washington, 33, will serve 13 months in pris-on, followed by three years of probation in return for his no contest plea to domestic battery by strangulation. He was arrested in July after an attack on his wife at their south Macclenny residence.
In other non-prison sen-tences that day:
• Dustin Thrift, VOP (probation violation) grand theft auto; 39 days in jail, re-main in custody until space available for in-patent drug treatment.
• Megan Kerr, VOP sale of synthetic narcotic (two counts); 62 days in jail, rein-state probation and return to counseling.
• Paul Wright, posses-sion prescription drugs; 18-month drug offender probation.
• Kevin Wilson, firearm possession by convicted fel-on; failed to appear, warrant ordered.
• Justin Raulerson, flee/elude officer in a patrol vehi-cle; six-month house arrest, two-year drug offender pro-bation, community service.
• Robert Martin, neglect of a child, possession pre-scription drugs and para-phernalia, resisting officer; failed to appear, warrant is-sued.
• Sherry Davis, posses-sion prescription drugs and paraphernalia; nine days in jail, one-year house arrest, three-year drug offender probation.
• Christine Gearhart, pos-session prescription drugs; one-year drug offender pro-bation, drug evaluation and treatment, community ser-vice.
• Morgan Dalrymple, possession prescription drugs; 32 days in jail, two-year drug offender proba-tion, remain in custody until treatment space available.
Cell phone adds two years
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURTEIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 2019-CA-108
PAUL T. THRIFT,Petitioner,
vs.
A.J MOBLEY, individually and if now deceased any and all heirs and or descendants, known and/or unknown. Lucy Mobley, individually and if now deceased any and all heirs and or descendants, know or unknown.
Defendants.______________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PUBLICATION
TO: A.J MOBLEY, individually and if now de-ceased any and all heirs and or descendants,known and/or unknown. Lucy Mobley, individu-ally and if now deceased any and all heirs and or descendants, know or unknown.______________________________/
SUIT OF QUIET TITLE
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Suit of Quiet Title, including claims division of real and personal property, has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on HUGH D. FISH, JR., Petitioner’s attorney, whose ad-dress is P.O. Box 531, Macclenny, FL 32063, on or before October 25, 2019, and file the origi-nal with the clerk of this court at Baker County Courthouse, 339 E. Macclenny Avenue, Mac-clenny, Florida 32063, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.
Legal description of property in question is:
A PORTION OF SECTION 29, TOWN-SHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGIN ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE ROAD NO. 228 (100 FEET WIDE AS IT NOW EXISTS) AT A 4”X4” CONCRETE MONUMENT (NO IDENTIFICATION) FOUND AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 200900003990 OF THE PUB-LIC RECORDS OF BAKER COUNTY; THENCE NORTH 11°01’ 54” WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 12.22 FEET TO A ½” IRON PIPE (LB 6888) SET AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INSTRUMENT NO. 200600005018 OF SAID PUBLIC RECORDS; THENCE DEPARTING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, NORTH 79°06’49” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID IN-STRUMENT NO. 200600005018 AND INSTRUMENT NO. 200600005020 A DISTANCE OF 210.07 FEET TO A FOUND ½” IRON PIPE (LB 6888); THENCE SOUTH 10°58’03” EAST ALONG WEST LINE OF SAID LANDS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20060005020 A DISTANCE OF 12.07 FEET TO A 4”X4” CONCRETE MONU-MENT (NO IDENTIFICATION) FOUND AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LANDS DESCRIBED IN INSTRU-MENT NO. 200900003990; THENCE SOUTH 79°04’22” WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LAST SAID LANDS A DISTANCE OF 210.06 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
DATED this 24th day of September, 2019.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Tina CarringtonDeputy Clerk
Hugh D. Fish, Jr.P.O. Box 531Macclenny, FL 32063
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 2019-CA-71
THOMAS SAVICI,Plaintiff,
vs.
LEON BEENE, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; M.R. HAMPTON, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; C.J. KANE, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPO-RATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; ROBERT SCRUGGS, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; R.H. HAMPTON, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his un-known heirs or beneficiaries;J.N. ADKINS, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SIL-VER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; JONI HAMPTON, as the sole heir of R.H. HAMPTON, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORA-TION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries,
Defendant(s).______________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
To Defendants:LEON BEENE, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; M.R. HAMPTON, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his un-known heirs or beneficiaries;C.J. KANE, as a deceased shareholder and di-rector of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLOR-IDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; ROBERT SCRUGGS, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his un-known heirs or beneficiaries;J.N. ADKINS, as a deceased shareholder and director of CAMP SILVER INC., A DISSOLVED FLORIDA CORPORATION, or his unknown heirs or beneficiaries; their unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other par-ties claiming by, through, under, or against her; and all unknown natural persons if alive, and if dead or not known to be dead or alive, their sev-eral and respective unknown spouses, heirs, de-visees, grantees, and creditors, or other parties claiming by, through or under those unknown natural persons right, title or interest in the prop-erty and all others whom it may concern;
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title to the following property in Baker County, Florida:
A LOT BEGINNING AT THE NORTH-EAST CORNER OF NORTH ½ OF NORTHWEST ¼ OF NORTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 20 EAST, BAK-ER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THEN RUN SOUTH 210 FEET, THEN RUN WEST 210 FEET, THEN RUN NORTH 210 FEET, AND THEN RUN EAST 210 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to Robert Peters, Esquire, P.O. Box 240, Yulee, FL 32041, the Plaintiff’s attorney, within 30 days af-ter the first publication date and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on the plaintiff’s attorney or immediately there-after; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition.
DATED on September 30, 2019.
Stacie D. HarveyClerk of Court
By: Tina CarringtonAs Deputy Clerk
Robert L. Peters, P.A.P.O. Box 240Yulee, FL 32041
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP # 2019-14
State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) Program Administration Services
The Baker County Board of County Com-missioners, Florida (County) will receive sealed proposals until 4:00 p.m. local time, on Oc-tober 31, 2019 at the County Administration Office located at 55 N. Third Street, Macclen-ny, Florida 32063. Proposals delivered to any other location will not be considered received by the Administration Office. Any proposals re-ceived after the above time will not be accept-ed under any circumstances. Any uncertainty regarding the time will be resolved against the Bidder. Proposals will not be accepted via fax. Shortly after the bid due time has expired, the proposals will be publicly opened and an-nounced.
One Original and three (3) copies of the proposal, and one (1) electronic copy of the complete proposal on CD/jump drive must be placed in a sealed envelope and clearly marked “RFP 2019-14 SHIP Program Man-agement” on the exterior of the package submitted.
Request for additional information or clarifications must be made in writing to the Administration Office at the address, phone or email below. Facsimile or e-mail questions are acceptable. The Administration Office will issue replies to questions and additional information or amendments on the County’s website in the form of written addenda. Any addenda will be issued prior to the deadline for responding to this Request for Proposal. Questions must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. on October 25, 2019.
Baker County Board of County Commissioners Administration Office
It will be the sole responsibility of the Proposer to check the County’s website prior to submitting a response to determine if any addenda have been issued, to obtain such addenda, and to acknowledge addenda with their proposal. This information can be found at www.bakercountyfl.org/purchasing.php
Respondents to this solicitation or per-sons acting on their behalf may not contact, between the release of the solicitation and the end of the 72-hour period following the agency posting the notice of intended award, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and County holidays, any employee or officer of the ex-ecutive or legislative branch concerning any aspect of this solicitation, except in writing to the Administration Office or as provided in the solicitation documents. Violation of this provi-sion may be grounds for rejecting a response.
The Baker County Board of County Com-missioners reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities in any proposals received, to re-advertise for proposals, or take any similar actions that may be deemed to be in the best interest of the County.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THEEIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 02-2019-CA-000034
NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION, AN OHIO CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ERIK J. THRUSH, et al,Defendant(s).
__________________________/
AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated Sep-tember 21, 2019, and entered in Case No. 02-2019-CA-000034 of the Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in and for Baker County, Florida in which Nations Lending Corporation, an Ohio Corporation, is the Plaintiff and Erik J. Thrush; Castle Credit Co Holdings, LLC; Fox Ridge Estates Homeowners Association of Macclenny, Inc; are defendants, the Baker County Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on ALL SALES WILL BE HELD AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, 339 E. MACCLENNY AVE., MACCLENNY, FL 32063. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER MUST PAY AT LEAST 5% OF THE SUC-CESSFUL BID BY CASH OR CASHIER’S CHECK AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. THE REMAINING BID AMOUNT MUST BE TENDERED BY 4:00PM ON THE DAY OF THE SALE BY CASH OR CA-SHIER’S CHECK ONLY., Baker County, Florida at 11:00 AM on the 5th day of December, 2019, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:
LOT 14, FOX RIDGE ESTATES PHASE ONE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGES 39 THROUGH 41, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA A/K/A 808 FOX RUN CIR, MAC-CLENNY, FL 32063
Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pen-dens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.
Dated in Baker County, Florida this 7th day of October, 2019.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 02-2018-CA-000037
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,Plaintiff,
vs.
JAMES RANDALL LONG, et al,
Defendant(s).__________________________/
AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated Sep-tember 21, 2019, and entered in Case No. 02-2018-CA-000037 of the Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in and for Baker County, Florida in which Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., is the Plaintiff and James Randall Long; Donald Rich-ard Long; Ronald Kevin Long; The Unknown Heirs of Faye H. McCollum, deceased; Any And All Unknown Parties Claiming by, Through, Un-der, And Against The Herein named Individual Defendant(s) Who are not Known To Be Dead Or Alive, Whether Said Unknown Parties May Claim An Interest in Spouses, Heirs, Devisees, Grantees, Or Other Claimants are defendants, the Baker County Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on ALL SALES WILL BE HELD AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, 339 E. MAC-CLENNY AVE., MACCLENNY, FL 32063. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER MUST PAY AT LEAST 5% OF THE SUCCESSFUL BID BY CASH OR CASHIER’S CHECK AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. THE REMAINING BID AMOUNT MUST BE TEN-DERED BY 4:00PM ON THE DAY OF THE SALE BY CASH OR CASHIER’S CHECK ONLY., Baker County, Florida at 11:00 AM on the 5th day of December, 2019, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:
LOT FIVE (5), GADSDEN HEIGHTS, PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 2, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE NORTH 30 FEET OF THE WEST 189.90 FEET OF LOT FIVE (5), KNOWN AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 19, TOWN-SHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, AND RUN SOUTH 88 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF AFORESAID SECTION 19, TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE ROAD NO. 121 (ROAD FROM MACCLENNY TO RAI-FORD); THENCE RUN SOUTH 29 DE-GREES 25 MINUTES WEST ALONG AFORESAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE FOR 863 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 35 MINUTES EAST FOR 189.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST FOR 30 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 35 MINUTES EAST FOR 210.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 29 DEGREES 25 MINUTES WEST FOR 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 60 DEGREES 35 MINUTES WEST FOR 400 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST-ERLY COMER OF LOT FIVE (5) ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE ROAD NO. 121, THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE ROAD NO. 121 FOR 170 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
A/K/A 6539 SR 121 S, MACCLENNY, FL 32063
Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pen-dens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.
Dated in Baker County, Florida this 7th day of October, 2019.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDAGENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NO. 19000093CAMXAX
STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES COR-PORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2001-SB1 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF EARLY M. BYRD, JR. A/K/A EARLY BYRD, JR., DECEASED, et. al.
Defendant(s),_________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF EARLY M. BYRD, JR. A/K/A EARLY BYRD, JR., DECEASED, whose residence is unknown if he/she/they be living; and if he/she/they be dead, the un-known defendants who may be spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, credi-tors, trustees, and all parties claiming an in-terest by, through, under or against the Defen-dants, who are not known to be dead or alive, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mortgage being foreclosed herein.
TO: TAMMY ANN PITTS,whose residence is unknown and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mort-gage being foreclosed herein.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an ac-tion to foreclose a mortgage on the following property:
LOT #58 OF ST. MARYS COVE AD-DITION, AN UNRECORDED SUBDI-VISION, COMPARISING A PART OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 AND A PART OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST; AND A PART OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 AND A PART OF THE SW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS ALLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE SE CORNER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND RUN N 88°43’08”W ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 36 A DISTANCE OF 303.00’; THENCE N 1°56’17”E 312.30’ TO A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF A 50’ ROAD KNOWN AS RIVER ROAD; THENCE N 55°52’33”E 50,00’ TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT SITU-ATED ON THE NORTHEASTERLY SIDE OF THE CULDESAC ON THE EASTERN TERMINAL POINT OF RIVER DRIVE AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID CONCRETE MON-UMENT BEING ON THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 50.00’ AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 57°17’45”; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE AND ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF AFOREMENTIONED CU LDESAC MARKING THE NORTHEAS TERLY RIGHT -OF-WAY LINE OF RIVER DR IVE A DISTANCE OF 50.00’ TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT; THENCE N 12°07’21”E 279.21’ TO CON-CRETE MONUMENT SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERLY BANK OF TH E ST. MARYS RIVER; THENCE CON-TINUE N 12°07’21”E 40’; MORE
OR LESS, TO THE WATERS EDGE, SAID ST . MARYS RIVER; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG AND WITH THE MEANDER OF SAID WATERS EDGE, SAID ST . MARYS RIVER, 170’ MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT; THENCE S 30°46’19”W 30’, MORE OR LESS, TO A CONCRETE MONU-MENT SITUATED ON AFOREMEN-TIONED SOUTHERLY BANK OF THE ST. MARYS RIVER, SAID CONCRETE MONUMENT BEING N 30°46’19”E 352.05’ FROM THE POINT OF BE-GINNING; THENCE CONTINUE S 30° 46’19”W 352.05’ TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID LOT CONTAIN-ING 0.84 ACRES. MORE OR LESS, AND LYING WHOLLY WITHIN THE SE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 22 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, FULL RAPARIAN RIGHTS INCLUDED AND CONVEYED.
TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL MOBILE HOMES LOCATED THERE-ON.
has been filed against you and you are re-quired to serve a copy of your written defens-es, if any, to it on counsel for Plaintiff, whose address is 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33487 on or before No-vember 9, 2019/(30 days from Date of First Publication of this Notice) and file the origi-nal with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition filed herein.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court at Baker County, Florida, this 2nd day of October, 2019.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Tina CarringtonDeputy Clerk
Robertson, Anschutz, and Schneid, PL6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100Boca Raton, FL 33487Primary Email: [email protected]
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA CIRCUIT CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO.: 19000048CAMXAX WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Plaintiff,
vs.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES OF THE ESTATE OF BONNIE JEAN ROBERTSON A/K/A BONNIE ROBERTSON A/K/A BONNIE J. ROBERTSON, DECEASED, et al
Defendant(s) _________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: RANDOLPH SCOTT ROBERTSONRESIDENT: UnknownLAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 3640 NEWCOMB RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32218-1510
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an ac-tion to foreclose a mortgage on the following described property located in BAKER County, Florida:
THE WEST 55 FEET OF LOT 6, AND THE WEST 55 FEET OF THE SOUTH 43 FEET OF LOT 5, AND THE EAST 34 FEET OF THE SOUTH 110 FEET OF THAT CERTAIN ALLEY LYING WEST AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 5 AND 6, ALL AS SHOWN ON A REPLAT OF BLOCK 18, OF THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF MACCLENNY, SAID REPLAT RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 28, PAGE 36, OF THE PUB-LIC RECORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
has been filed against you, and you are re-quired to serve a copy to your written defens-es, if any, to this action on Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, PLLC, attorneys for plaintiff, whose address is 2001 NW 64th Street, Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309, and file the original with the Clerk of the Court, within 30 days after the first publication of this notice, either before or immediately thereafter, No-vember 9, 2019 otherwise a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITIN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
CASE NO.: 02-2011-DR-370
Bernadette Self,Petitioner,
and
Michael Taylor,Respondent,
_________________________/
NOTICE OF ACTION FORSUPPLEMENTAL PETITION TO MODIFY
PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
TO: MICHAEL JOSEPH TAYLORLAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 2001 PATE ROAD NORTH, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32226
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION TO MODIFY PAREN-TAL RESPONSIBILITY has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on BER-NADETTE SELF whose address is 748 N 5TH STREET, MACCCLENNY, FL 32063 on or before NOVEMBER 4, 2019 and file the original with the clerk of this court at 339 E. Macclenny Av-enue, Macclenny FL 32063 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.
Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office. You may review these documents upon request.You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office notified of your current address. (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.). Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerks office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain au-tomatic disclosure of documents and informa-tion. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.
Dated: October 4, 2019.
Clerk of the CourtBy: Melissa Haines
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Miracle Automotive & Truck Service Center Inc.
10510 Duval LaneMacclenny, FL 32063
Notice of Public Sale: Miracle Automotive & Truck Service Center Inc. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on November 1, 2019, 11:00 am at 10510 Duval Lane, Macclenny, FL 32063, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. Miracle Automotive & Truck Service Center Inc. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.
1994 GMC 5100 Box VanVIN# 1GDHG31KXRF524908
2003 Nissan AltimaVIN# 1N4AL11D23C264381
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THEEIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 2018-CA-000088
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH HENRY WILTON COBB, DECEASED, an individual, et al.,
Defendants._________________________/
AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in this cause, in the Circuit Court of the 8th Judicial Circuit in and for Baker Coun-ty, Florida, wherein BAYVIEW LOAN SERVIC-ING,LLC., a Delaware limited liability company, is Plaintiff ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH HENRY WILTON COBB, DE-CEASED; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH REBECCA L. COBB A/K/A REBECCA LONA COBB, DECEASED; WILMA RUTH COBB A/K/A WILMA RUTH DICKS, an in-dividual; IRA J. COBB, an individual; FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, a governmental agency; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPART-MENT OF THE TREASURY – INTERNAL REVE-NUE SERVICE, a governmental agency; JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, as unknown tenants; and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons, un-known entities, unknown parties or unknown spouses claiming by, through or under any of the above-named Defendants are Defendants, Clerk of Court will sell to the highest bidder for cash on November 21, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) at the Baker County Courthouse, 339 East Macclenny Av-enue, Macclenny, FL 32063, on the following described property as set forth in the Summa-ry Final Judgment, to wit:
PARCEL 1:ALL OF LOT SIX (6) AS SHOWN BY HOWELL TURPENTINE COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF A 3.46 ACRES TRACT IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 19 EAST, IN OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF OLUSTEE, BAKER COUNTY, FLORI-DA, AS PER PLAT DATED SEPTEM-BER 14, 1934, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1 OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLOR-IDA.
PARCEL 2:LOT 4 OF HOWELL TURPENTINE COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF A 3.46 ACRES TRACT IN THE NORTH-WEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER (NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SECTION 29 IN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 19 EAST, AS PER PLAT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, NO-VEMBER 5, 1934.
PARCEL 3:ALL OF LOT 5 AS SHOWN BY HOW-ELL TURPENTINE COMPANY’S SUBDIVISION OF 3.46 ACRE TRACT IN NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST, IN OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF OLUSTEE, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1 OF THE PUBLIC RE-CORDS OF BAKER COUNTY, FLOR-IDA.
IF YOU ARE A PERSON CLAIMING A RIGHT TO FUNDS REMAINING AFTER THE SALE, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK NO LAT-ER THAN THE DATE THAT THE CLERK REPORTS THE FUNDS AS UNCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING FUNDS. AFTER THE FUNDS ARE REPORTED AS UNCLAIMED, ONLY THE OWNER OF RECORD AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MAY CLAIM THE SURPLUS.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to par-ticipate in a proceeding, you are entitled to be provided with certain assistance at no cost to you. Please contact the ADA Coor-dinator, Alachua County Family and Civil Justice Center, 201 East University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601 (352-337-6237) at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiv-ing this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If you are hearing or voice-impaired, call 1-800-955-8770 via Florida Relay Service.
If you are deaf or hard of hearing and re-quire an ASL interpreter or an assisted listening device to participate in a pro-ceeding, please contact Court Interpreting at [email protected]
WITNESS my hand and Seal of the Court on the 14th day of October, 2019.
Stacie D. HarveyClerk of the Circuit Court
By: Tina CarringtonAs Deputy Clerk
Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg GilbertOne West Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 500Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3330Tele: (954) 525-4100Fax: (954) 525-4300
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THEEIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA.CASE NO.: 2019-DR-318
April Alberta Dawkins,Petitioner,
and
Matthew Shawn Sluder,Respondent,
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NOTICE OF ACTION FORTEMPORARY CUSTODY BY
EXTENDED FAMILY
TO: Matthew Shawn SluderLAST KNOWN ADDRESS:
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for temporary custody by extended family has been filed against you and that you are re-quired to serve a copy of your written defens-es, if any, to it on April Alberta Dawkins whose address is 605 Steel Bridge Road, Macclenny, FL 32063, on or before November 15, 2019, and file the original with the clerk of this court at 339 E. Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny FL 32063 before service on Petitioner or immedi-ately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.
Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office notified of your current address. (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.). Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the ad-dress on record at the clerks office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain au-tomatic disclosure of documents and informa-tion. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.
Dated: September 26, 2019.
Clerk of the CourtBy: Tina Carrington
Deputy Clerk10/17-11/7p
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACASE NO.: 19000005CAMXAX
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BC4,
Plaintiff,
vs.
LANA CASE A/K/A LANA J. CASE; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LANA CASE A/K/A LANA J. CASE; UNKNOWN TENANT #1; UNKNOWN TENANT #2,
Defendant(s)._________________________/
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sale will be made pursuant to an Order of Final Judgment. Final Judgment was awarded on September 21, 2019, in Civil Case No. 19000005CAMXAX, of the Circuit Court of the EIGHTH Judicial Circuit in and for Baker County, Florida, wherein, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BC4 is the Plaintiff, and LANA CASE A/K/A LANA J. CASE, is Defendant.
The Clerk of the Court, Stacie D. Harvey will sell to the highest bidder for cash at 339 E Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny, FL 32063 on December 5, 2019, at 11:00 AM the following described real property as set forth in said Fi-nal Judgment, to wit:
A PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SEC-TION 12, TOWNSHIP 3, SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST, BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICU-LARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE INTER-SECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF THE SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 WITH THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF S.R. 23A; THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 37’33” EAST AND ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, 331.97 FEET TO THE POINT OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, SAID CURVE BEING CONCAVE TO THE NORTH AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 5769.58 FEET; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, SOUTH 83 DEGREES 56’45” EAST, 64.45 FEET (A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE); THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 37’ 20” EAST AND PARALLEL TO THE AFORE-MENTIONED WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTH-EAST 1/4, 1008.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 37’20” EAST, 264 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SAID NORTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 04’30” WEST AND ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 327.91 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 37’20” WEST, AND PARALLEL TO THE SAID WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4, 264 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 04’30” EAST AND PARALLEL TO SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4, 327.91 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-GINNING.
Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pen-dens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the court on October 2, 2019.
Stacie D. HarveyClerk of the Court
By: Tina Carrington
Deputy Clerk
Aldridge Pite, LLP1615 South Congress AvenueSuite 200Delray Beach, FL 33445Telephone: 561-392-6391Facsimile: 561-392-6965
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 02-2017-CA-000067
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC,Plaintiff,
vs.
DEENNA A. WILLIAMS, et al,Defendant(s).
_________________________/
NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 26, 2019, and entered in Case No. 02-2017-CA-000067 of the Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in and for Baker County, Florida in which Nationstar Mortgage LLC, is the Plaintiff and Deenna M. Williams; Cypress Pointe of MacClenny Homeowners Association, Inc.; are defendants, the Baker County Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on ALL SALES WILL BE HELD AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE, 339 E. MACCLENNY AVE., MACCLENNY, FL 32063. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER MUST PAY AT LEAST 5% OF THE SUC-CESSFUL BID BY CASH OR CASHIER’S CHECK AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. THE REMAINING BID AMOUNT MUST BE TENDERED BY 4:00PM ON THE DAY OF THE SALE BY CASH OR CA-SHIER’S CHECK ONLY., Baker County, Florida at 11:00AM on the 7th day of November, 2019, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure:
LOT 41, CYPRESS POINTE UNIT 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE-OF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGES 90 THROUGH 92 INCLUSIVE OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAK-ER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
A/K/A 763 LARGO LANE, MAC-CLENNY, FL 32063
Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pen-dens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.
Dated in Baker County, Florida this 9th day of October, 2019.
Higginbotham’s Towing & Recovery Inc. 7611 West Mt. Vernon St.Glen St. Mary, FL 32040
The following vehicle will be sold at public auction on November 1, 2019 at 10:00 am at Higginbotham’s Towing & Recovery 7611 West Mt. Vernon St., Glen St. Mary, FL 32040:
2011 Chevrolet CruzeVIN# 1G1PF5S95B7291202
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LEGAL NOTICES
Thursday, October 17, 2019 The Baker County Press Page 13
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTThe Baker County Press
Professionally written article with photos printed in the newspaperAvailable as a stand-alone feature or part of a multi-week marketing package
It’s Friday night after a long week, so it’s time to unwind and relax, right?
Maybe go see that movie you’ve been craving?
Nope.Spend an evening visiting
and playing with kids or grand-kids?
Not an option.Have a nice relaxing dinner
out at that restaurant you keep hearing about? Guess again.
If you live in Macclenny, the choice is easy for many. It’s time to go Memorial Stadium for a football game.
It’s not the NFL. It’s not the local college. It’s the high school game and it has become a normal part of life.
“It’s the only thing happen-ing on a Friday night,” said Ronald Davis, 66, who was born and raised in Sanderson. “That’s just what you do. Un-less you want to drive your car up and down [route] 90 and get in trouble.”
The fan following at Baker County High School sporting events has become some-thing to be expected by residents of Macclen-ny or surrounding areas and a bit of a rarity.
A quick glance of the stands at games tells the story. The bleachers on the home side of the football field are packed for every game Baker County hosts. The visiting stands are sparsely occupied with fans scattered around each section of the area.
Home football games at other schools may be just another date on the calendar, but around here they are events.
The parking lot at the stadium starts to get pop-ulated at about 5:30 for a 7 p.m. game. The sta-dium is not at the high school. It is down the road a little ways so players and coaches are bussed down to the site with a police es-cort.
“I’ve always said that Baker County has fami-ly,” 77-year-old Richard Sinclair said, who is from Tennessee but who’s wife was born and raised in Macclenny. “The other schools just have fans.”
During a recent away game for the football team on Sept. 13 at Ed White, the visiting stands for the Wildcats were full of onlookers. Meanwhile the stands for the Commanders home game were occupied by approximately 60 people. And that was including the band.
It’s not just varsity football. It’s not just home games either.
Stands will also be full at everything from high school volleyball matches to middle school football games.
One year Sinclair said he decided he was going to go to every boys basketball game. He also goes to softball games as well as traveling to see the Wildcats on the away gridiron. But that has come to be expected.
“Growing up we used to go to all the games,” said Sandi Griffis, who graduated from Baker County High School in 1980. “It’s just what you do in Baker County. It’s just small community spirit and we are proud of all of them. Everybody knows everybody else. One thing you will find out is that Baker County has a good following.”
Sandi and her husband Kevin have to trav-el a bit to show their support for the Wildcats. They live in Union County, where Kevin went to high school. One would think that Kevin would cheer for his old stomping grounds. But Sandi worked on that.
“That was the compromise,” she said with a laugh. “I told him we’ll live in Union County, but you have to cheer for Baker County. I have turned him around over the years. He likes to
make his wife happy.”A lot of the fans have family that plays for
the team, but there are many who don’t.“If I didn’t have a nephew playing we’d still
be going to the games,” said Sandi, whose nephew Ross Crummey is an offensive line-man for the Wildcats and wears No. 68.
Davis can attest to that.“I know the quarterback [Alex Bowen],” he
said. “But that’s all I know.”Davis said three or four years ago he had
grandkids on team, but they have graduated since then. One was a football player and one was a cheerleader. He has an easy explanation for why he still goes to the games.
“You see people you went to high school with,” he said. “Every home game is like a high school reunion. A community reunion
every Friday. There are peo-ple I sit next to and they have become family. It’s good fun. Good environment. Clean en-tertainment. There’s people here that I see all the time and they are like family. I won’t see them until the next football season. We run into each oth-er here and there, but it’s not a regular thing like the football games are. I had season tick-ets and still do. I have younger grandkids now, so when they are ready [and get up to high school age], I will still have my season tickets.”
A friendly night at the high school football game has be-come a routine for some.
“I like to get here early so I can get my spot,” Sandi Griffis said. “We ate our supper in the car,” she said from her seat on the far right side of the stadium with her umbrella to protect her from the sun.
Richard Sinclair, whose wife’s father was superinten-dent of schools in 1929, has a
similar situation. He has sat in his spot near the band for 30
years.Fans walking to their seats at games greet
other fans with hugs and easy conversation. Laughs are shared and it is a time to catch up on the lives of their game family or actu-al family. Wayne Cain and his wife Debbie sit next to Sandi and her husband Kevin. There are plenty of laughs to go around and Debbie has a good way to keep things interesting for her and Sandi.
“We call the plays,” Sandi explains. “We usually pick a player and cheer for him. But only positive things,” she says laughing. “We hoot and hollar and get into it,” says Debbie, who doesn’t have any family on the team. “Baker County is known for politics and football.”
“It’s something to do on a Friday,” Wayne said. “Plus we just like football. It’s exciting.”
Unlike some school sporting events, the fans at Baker County games are not filled entirely with hard-core supporters or enthusiastic friends of players. On a typical Fri-day night at the game of choice the stands will be filled with generations of families. Kids can be spotted milling around
their parents’ spots in the bleachers. Parents can be spotted keeping an eye on those kids as they wander down to see an uncle or grand-parent or family friend. The kids care more about getting a piece of candy from grandma or grandpa then they do about the game. But the sight has become a common occurrence.
Sure there are avid fans, yelling and cheer-ing parents, but for the most part, it’s a good, clean atmosphere.
“It’s something to do and we like sports,” said Marjorie Sharp, who, along with hus-band Woody, haven’t missed a football game for the last seven or eight years despite not having relatives on any of the teams. Her old-est child is 68 and she also has a 65-year-old.
Marjorie, 87, was born and raised in Mac-clenny and graduated from Baker County High School in 1948. She even played the flute in the first band at the high school.
The couple are a fixture at home games and even travel to a few away games that are not too far from Macclenny.
“We like the coaches, the players, the game and everyone,” said Woody, 85, who is from Ohio, but moved down to Macclenny about 30 years ago. “You will see that Baker County supports their sports,” he said.
The support he talks about is evident by glancing at towards the stands at home and away games.
Purchase this photo at www.bakercountypress.com Photos by Jud Johnson and Kevin UprightMr. Two-Bits Benny Fish riles the crowd during a recent home game.
Kevin and Sandi Griffis and Debbie and Wayne Cain.
Ronald DavisRichard Sinclair Woody and Marjorie Sharp
More than a game: More than just fans.Football = Family
“I’ve always said that Baker County has family. The other schools just have fans.” –Richard Sinclair
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DEADLINESPlacement, correction or cancellation of classified ads may be done by phone, e-mail or in person anytime before Monday at 5 p.m. for publication on the following Thursday.CALL 904.259.2400 TO PLACE AN AD or...
FOR SALEUsed tires for sale, “AS IS”, 2 for $25 or 1 for $15, at Janis C. Wheel-er’s Auto Tech in Glen St. Mary. 9/19tfc
New Frontier RC2048, 48” rotary cutter, used 5 hours, paid $1470 new, excellent condition, $1150 firm. Text Mike, 904-333-1312. 10/10-10/17p
MISCELLANEOUSLung Cancer? Asbestos exposure may be the cause. $30 billion set aside for asbestos victims. Call 1-619-485-4372 or email [email protected] 10/17p
We install 6” seamless gutters, pressure washing. 259-7335. 8/11tfc
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings Monday - Saturday. Call Jared at 386-288-2374.
AUTOMOBILES32’, 2014 Coachmen Class C, sleeps 6-8, 2 slides, 13K miles, outside entertainment center with exterior shower, sink, and fridge, original owner, $68,000. 904-536-1844. 10/10-10/31p
2009 Black Cadillac SRX for sale, 172,000 miles, asking $4000. For more information contact Brittany at 904-415-8470. 10/10-10/17p
Wanted! Old Porsche 356/911/912 for restoration by hobbyist, 1948-1973 only, any condition, top $ paid. Please leave message 1-707-965-9546. Email: [email protected]. 10/17p
Front brake pads, installed $37.50 plus parts, machine and tax, most cars and light trucks, at Janis C. Wheeler’s Auto Tech in Glen St. Mary. 10/17tfc
ANIMALS
Dogs: all types from puppies to adults. Animal Control, $65 adop-tion fees will apply. Call 259-6786. 11/20tfc
HELP WANTEDNotice to readers:
The newspaper often publishes classified advertising on subjects like work-at-home, weight loss products, health products. While the newspaper uses reasonable discretion in deciding on publi-cation of such ads, it takes no re-sponsibility as to the truthfulness of claims. Respondents should use caution and common sense before sending any money or making oth-er commitments based on state-ments and/or promises; demand specifics in writing. You can also call the Federal Trade Commis-sion at 1-877-FTC-HELP to find out how to spot fraudulent solic-itations. Remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. - The Baker County Press
Part-time maintenance position, apply in person at Baker Manor Apartments, 680 South 6th Street. EOE/DFW. 10/17p
Experienced electrician, must have valid Florida driver’s license, electrical license preferred. Call 904-259-6682 for information on applying. 10/17-10/31c
Equipment Operator: The New River Solid Waste Association is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Equipment Operator. Responsibilities will include opera-tion of a variety of heavy equipment in addition to screening wastes for removal of unauthorized materials. Experience in the operation and maintenance of heavy equipment and/or landfill operation experi-ence is desired. Employee will be required to complete a Landfill
Operator and an Inmate Super-vision course within 6 months of employment. Valid Florida Driver License and high school gradua-tion or GED needed. Salary range will vary based on experience. Applications can be picked up at the Administration Office at New River Regional Landfill located on State Road 121, 2 ½ miles north of Raiford, Florida or from the NRSWA website at www.nrswa.org. Dead-line for submitting applications will be Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. For further information, call 386-431-1000. New River Sol-id Waste is a drug-free workplace; drug testing will be required. NR-SWA is an Equal Opportunity Em-ployer. 10/17-10/24c
Scale Operator: The New River Solid Waste Association is seeking qualified applicants for position of Scale Operator. Responsibilities in-clude operation of a computerized scale system, collecting fees and keeping accurate records of all transactions. High school diploma or GED required. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays. Starting schedule of 30 hours per week until training is completed then a flexible full-time schedule of 40-45 hours per week once permanent status is achieved. Salary commensurate with experience. Applications for employment are available at New River Regional Landfill, 24276 NE 157th Street, Raiford, FL, from the NRSWA Website at www.nrswa.org or by calling the NRSWA office at 386-431-1000. Deadline for submitting an application will be Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. New River Solid Waste is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. 10/17-10/24c
Wayne Frier Macclenny: look-ing for experienced Mobile Home Salesman, 100k/year+ opportunity, email: [email protected], 904-259-4663. 10/10-10/31c
HBI is seeking an Electrical In-structor for its program in Sander-son, FL. HS diploma or equivalent required and 5 years electrical experience. Competitive salary and paid leave offered. To apply, vis-it www.hbi.org EOE/AA/M/F/D/V 10/10-10/17p
Now hiring: Field/Shop Mechanic (John Deere experience preferred,
but not required), Heavy Equipment Operators, and Laborers. Please apply online at www.petticoatsch-mitt.com. PSCC is an Equal Oppor-tunity Employer. 7/25tfc
Macclenny Nursing and Rehab “NEW INCREASED WAGE SCALE WITH SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS”. Seeking Unit manager, RN pre-ferred, M-F day shift; RNs, LPNs & CNAs. Apply at www.macclennyre-hab.com. 6/13tfc
HELP WANTED-Accepting appli-cations for electrician and AC duct installer and AC Service Tech. Must have experience and valid driver’s license. Apply in person at Depend-able located at 203 E. Macclenny Avenue. 904-259-6546 or submit application on our website at de-pendableacandelectric.com. 1/21tfc
BUSINESS OPP.REAL ESTATENotice to Readers
All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limita-tion or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an inten-tion to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or le-gal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real es-tate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll free tele-phone number for the impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
Lot for sale: 11366 Deerwood Circle, Macclenny. $2500/down, $410/month. 904-609-6184. 10/18tfc
Wayne Frier Macclenny, I buy land. Cash paid immediately. Call 904-259-4663. 3/9tfc
FOR RENTGA bend area, 3 BR, 2 BA, SW MH on ½ acre, partial fence, covered porches, CH/A pump, $650/month, $650/deposit. Call 904-504-9305, leave message. 10/10-10/17p
2 BR, 1 BA MH in the city, $550/month, $300/deposit. 904-509-1319. 10/17tfc
4 BR, 4 BA furnished MH in Olus-tee, will be available in November, application and background check required. 904-263-9855. 10/17-10/24p
For rent: 3 BR, 2 BA MH, ceram-ic tile floors, $750/month; 2 BR, 1 BA MH, ceramic tile floors, $650/month; 1 BR, 1 BA MH, large kitchen, $595/month, first and last month’s rent. 904-626-8359. 10/17c
North Jacksonville, land and home, 4 BR, $850/month. 904-783-4619. 10/17-10/24c
New house for rent, 3 BR, 2 BA, CH/A, washer/dryer hookups, walk-ing distance to school, $1095/month plus deposit. 904-234-4637. 10/17p
2 BR, 2 BA, 1024 sq. ft. MH located in Macclenny on a 1 acre lot, 10025 Persimmon Road, $850/month, $500/deposit, first/last month’s rent plus security deposit is re-quired to move in. Service animals only. Call 904-259-8444 or email [email protected] for more information or to get an application. 10/10tfc
1 BR, 1 BA apartment located in Macclenny, 491 East Michigan Ave-nue #1, $600/month, $400/deposit, water, sewer and garbage included, first/last plus security deposit re-quired to move in, service animals only. Call 904-259-8444 or email [email protected] for more information or to get an application. 10/3tfc
Historical home for rent in downtown Macclenny, 407 Col-lege Street, 4 BR, 2 BA, formal dining room, washer/dryer hook up, fenced back yard, hardwood floors, $1400/month $600/deposit, first and last month’s rent plus de-posit required for move in, service animals only. Call 904-259-8444 or email [email protected] for more information or to get an application. 9/26tfc
MH LOT for rent on Klein Road in Glen St. Mary; MH lot in the city of Glen St. Mary. 904-259-6735. 6/13tfc
MH Lot for rent, 11366 Deerwood Circle, Macclenny, $250/month. Call 904-609-6184. 1/31tfc
MH lot, completely set up, located at 8441 Creekside Drive, Macclen-ny, $325/month, total of $975 to move in. Call 904-609-6184. 2/14tfc
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Former Baker County High School pitcher Zach Rafuse is about to embark on a journey that most Lit-tle League baseball players dream of starting.
After graduating from Baker County in 2015 and playing careers at South Georgia State and the Uni-versity of South Caroli-na-Aiken, Rafuse was tak-en in the 35th round of the June Amateur Draft by the Oakland A’s.
“I’m back home here for the off-season,” Rafuse said. “I’m just here trying to train and get bigger. Giving some [baseball] lessons. I’m more excited than nervous. I don’t really get nervous anymore. Nice to be home for a little bit but I’m ready to go.”
The 6-foot-0, 185-lb. Rafuse no doubt helped his draft possibility after going 8-0 with a 4.07 earned run average in 15 starts for the Pacers last season. He struck out 86 in 79.2 innings.
After the A’s took a chance on him on the third day of the draft, Rafuse was sent to the AZL Athlet-ics Gold of the Arizona Fall League where he went 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA in 14 relief appearances. The Arizona League is a rookie-level Mi-nor League Baseball league. Games are played at the spring training complexes of the teams’ parent club or Major League affiliate. Most of the players have just been selected in that year’s draft. It was Rafuse’s first taste of what lies ahead.
“The hitters,” he said. “I mean it’s like facing a 3 or 4 [hitter in the lineup] but their whole lineup is like that. You can’t take anyone for granted. But the biggest thing is it’s baseball. There are no [school] classes. It’s just all baseball.”
And Rafuse credits the coaching staff at South Car-olina-Aiken with getting him
this opportunity.He played some outfield
in addition to the pitching in both high school and at South Georgia State. He had chances to continue doing that but was counseled to concentrate solely on pitch-ing for the Pacers.
“The guys at Aiken, they pretty much told me that they really wanted me to fo-cus on pitching because they thought they could get me to the next level. I had offers that were going to let me do outfield and pitching, but I
trust them.”One could hardly blame
Rafuse for listening to the advice of his coach. Kenny Thomas is in his 19th year coaching at South Caroli-na-Aiken and has had 67 players drafted.
“I never thought even in high school that it would happen,” Rafuse said. “But in JuCo [junior college] I hit well and I was starting to get offers. I got lucky that they hired a real good pitch-ing coach [at South Caro-lina-Aiken] and he said he saw something that told him I could get to the next level. It’s a confidence boost.”
Another reason for his decision to choose one po-sition may have been the fa-tigue factor.
“At South Georgia my sophomore season my arm started to hurt a little,” he said. “And that’s another reason I wanted to just go pitching. I think I would choose pitching if I had to pick. I like to hit but when you are not hitting it’s not fun.”
Rafuse throws a fastball that registers in the low 90s
with pretty good movement, a slider with good movement that he calls his “strikeout pitch” and a change-up.
Now that he has achieved the dream of getting draft-ed into the major leagues he will be content with any role he is given. Rafuse has been a starter in high school and in college, but that may change.
“We had meetings the first week there and they pretty much said you could start, but I see you in the pen,” he said. “It’s pretty much in their hands now. I’ll do whatever they want now. I don’t know, but if I was go-ing to choose I’d rather start because you know when you are going to pitch. You can have a routine, but out of the pen you never know. They say get ready and you have to be ready to go. I just know that they are very strict. There was one game where they said ‘you are going no more than three innings.’ That’s it. I’ll try to convince my coach, but he says I can’t.”
So now the journey be-gins. He goes to Mesa, Ariz. in February or March. “Not sure when but they will con-tact me,” he says.
In the meantime, Rafuse is just relaxing at home and getting used to the life of be-ing solely a baseball player. The dream of getting to the major leagues is alive, but he knows the road will be long and filled with uncertainty. Before reaching the major league level, a player has to get through Rookie League, Low Class A, High Class A, Double-A and Triple-A, but Rafuse it up to the challenge.
“I’m just trying to take each level and get to the next one,” he said. “I just been trying to gain my weight. They said a couple pounds wouldn’t hurt, but I just want to be bigger and stron-ger.”
Zack Rafuse
Rest before dream starts
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Students of the month namedat BCMS, feted at pizza partyCongratulations to the following Baker County Middle School students who were selected by their teach-ers as the R.O.A.R. students of the month for October. These students consistently model the expecta-tions of Respect, Organization, Attitude, and Responsibility (ROAR) or have shown improvement in any of these areas. They were treated to a pizza lunch this week and received a gift bag the school. They included sixth graders Alexandra Andrews, Martavian Graham, Jada Henderson, Brayden Moore, Gabri-el Onate, Caitlynn Shell, David Smith and Asyha Stokes; seventh graders Evan Harris, Jackson Hodges, Jeremiah Mitchell, Savannah Montean, Brody Rhoden, Ahmaad Sims, Emily Smith and Elissa Wood; and eighth graders Allison Bennett, Jaquez Cooper, Kensey Eldridge, Keyarah James, Wyatt Kittrell, Jack Lin, Savannah Morgan and Abbie Rhoden. Not all are pictured above.
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THE WEEK AHEAD
SPORTS ROUNDUP
West Nassau Warriors up nextWho: West Nassau is next up for Baker County on Friday at Me-morial Stadium.
Coach: The Warriors are coached by Rickey Armstrong.
What they have done: West Nassau 6-1. Won 5 in a row since a Week 2 loss to Lee. The win streak includes a 16-13 victory over Bradford Oct. 4, a team that beat Baker County 27-24 in Week 1.
Recent games: Lost 28-20 to Westside, a team that beat Baker County 24-20 on September 27.
Offense: Ethan Johns (No. 2) has rushed 52 times for 356 yards in six games and scored a touchdown. ... Jesse Rochay (No. 33) has 69 carries for 279 yards with five TDs. ... Zorian Stanton (No. 3) has caught 23 passes for 351 yards and two TDs.
Defense: Bryson Williams (No. 35) leads the team with 48 tack-les (26 solo). ... Wyatt Rochay (No. 22) has six sacks for 50 yards lost.
Varsity volleyball in district tournament
The varsity team lost its final regular-season match of the season to Clay to secure the No. 4 seed in the District 3-4A tournament in Yulee.
The Wildcats played No. 5 seed West Nassau on Monday and won 3-1. BCHS beat the Warriors twice during the reg-ular season. They played top seed Yulee on Tuesday and lost 3-0. Yulee has beaten Baker County twice this season but the last time the teams played on Oct. 3, the Hornets won 3-0, but the games were close (20-25, 19-25, 23-25).
Middle school volleyball
The postseason tournament was a partial success for the Bobcats.
The A team lost 2-0 to Green Cove Springs Jr. High in the semifinals to end its season. The B team beat Green Cove in the semifinals and advanced to the final against Lakeside Jr. High where it lost 2-0.
Swimming
The boy and girls wrapped up the regular season in the pool with a meet last Thursday against West Nassau with a pair of victories. The girls won 116-28 and the boys won 97-30.
The A team of Mady-Belle Ash, Gracie Wain-right, Hannah Peter-son and Natasha Turner won the girls 200 med-ley in 2:11.14. The B team (Christina Slater, Meghan Thomas, Brian-na Thornton and Savan-nah Powell were second (2:26.58). The Wildcats swept the 200 freestyle. Thornton (2:48.83), Shelby Tamplin (3:03.00) and Ashley Williams (3:12.09) were 1-2-3. Powell (3:06.76) and Thom-as (3:17.83) were 1-2 in the 200 IM. Ash (28.70), Turner (29.46) and Wainright (30.53) were 1-2-3 in the 50 freestyle. Peterson won the 100 butterfly in 1:16.96. Turner (1:08.20) and Thornton (1:12.00) were 1-2 in the 100 freestyle. Ash (5:39.77) and Slater (6:44.13) were 1-2 in the 500 freestyle. Peteron, Turner, Wainright and Ash won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:56.83. Peterson (1:20.51) and Slater (1:21.08) were 1-2 in the 100 backstroke. Wainright (1:21.20) and Thomas (1:38.97) were 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke. Slater, Thomas, Powell and Thornton won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:48.90.
For the boys the A team of Braeden Knight, Domenick Endel, Seth Crawford and Ryne Jacobs won the 200 med-ley relay in 1:50.91. The B team of Collin Richmon, Dako-ta Walker, Haydon Bridges and Luke Do were second in 2:16.57. Jacobs (2:09.97), Richmond (2:22.09) and Bridges (2:24.16) were 1-2-3 in the 200 freestyle. Do won the 200 IM in 3:14.50. Knight (22.96) and Endel (25.14) were 1-2 in the 50 freestyle. Knight (54.03) and Crawford (57.45) were 1-2 in the 100 butterfly. Jacobs (56.94) and Walker (1:02.01) were 1-2 in the 100 freestyle. Crawford won the 500 freestyle in 5:27.88. Knight, Endel, Jacobs and Crawford won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:38.19. Richmond won the 100 backstroke in 1:25.03. Endel (1:15.75), Walker (1:18.19) and Bridges (1:31.28) were 1-2-3 in the 100 breaststroke. Walker, Rich-mond, Do and Bridges won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:29.28.
Cross country
Baker County’s cross country team celebrated senior night on it’s final home meet of the season last Tuesday with a vic-tory for the girls and a third-place finish for the boys.
In a four-team meet with Yulee, Hilliard and Bradford, the boys took third as Griffin Hodges (22:07) was the top finisher for the Wildcats. He was ninth overall. He was followed by Clay Dennison (23:08), Juan Torres (23:14), Brandon Ka-zmierczak (24:75) and Kyler Holton (36:58). Yulee won fol-lowed by Bradford, Baker County and Hilliard.
The girls won after no other team registered a team score. Cassie Turner (27:35) was the top finisher for the Wildcats and fourth overall. She was followed by Emily Lee (31:25, eighth overall), Kara Dennison (33:45, 10th overall), Chey-enne Kinghorn (36:58) and Abbie French (37:04).
The final meet of the regular season is Thursday at Ralph Simmons State Park before the district meet on Oct. 26.
Boone contributing
Former Baker County High School football standout Mike Boone, who is enjoying his second season as a running back on the Minnesota Vikings roster, made a nice open-field tack-le on the ball carrier on the punt coverage team during the third quarter of Sunday’s 38-20 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Baker County Touchdown Club update
In games played Monday Oct. 7 the Panthers beat the Packers 34-6 and the Titans got by the Saints 12-7.
In games on Saturday, Oct. 12 the Packers beat the Vikings 27-19, the Panthers shut out the Cowboys 19-0, the Saints got past the Jets 37-25, the Titans routed the Jags 40-6, the Redskins beat the Patriots 18-7 and the 49ers beat the Fal-cons 26-6.
Hannah Peterson and Braeden Knight dive off the blocks.
Photo by Kevin UPright
The Baker County cross country team poses for a picture before it’s final home meet of the season.
Thursday, Oct. 17
Cross country: at Ralph Simmons State Park, 5 p.m.
After consecutive frustrating los-es, Baker County football coach Kevin Mays was looking for a spark.
He found one.In the words of the Eagles, “Up ahead
in the distance, I saw a shimmering light.”
OK maybe not that dramatic, but that shimmering light was running back Scooby Graham and his return to action after nearly two games on the sidelines because of a concussion.
Don’t get me wrong. This is to take nothing away from Jamarian Baker and Jaquan Paige. They did an admirable job carrying the backfield load while Graham was on the shelf. But Graham is, well, Graham.
“Just having a guy like that back on the field,” Mays said. “You could just see. It gave everybody on the team a lit-tle energy boost.”
Graham carried the ball nine times for 56 yards. But his impact was felt just by being in uniform and Baker County went on to beat Orange Park 21-15 on Friday at Memorial Stadium.
News of his playing status caused quite the stir on social media leading up to the game. He was listed as “out” and news of his unavailability was posted on Twitter. That set off exchanges between fans and the Raiders were pretty sure that Graham was not going to play.
So to see No. 5 on the field and in pregame warm-ups on Baker County’s side probably gave some Orange Park players cause for pause.
“It felt fantastic [to be back out there],” Graham said. “Just to have a chance to contribute again was great.”
It wasn’t a full dose of Graham, but it was enough to keep Orange Park on its toes.
“The plan was just to sprinkle in a few carries here and there,” coach Mays said “He was back but he wasn’t neces-sarily in football shape yet. We were go-ing to work him in slow.”
But for the first quarter, at least, the stars of the game were Baker County’s Alex Bowen and Orange Park’s Lee White. They handled the punting duties for their respective teams. Bowen punt-ed three times and White twice. White went back to punt for a third time, but threw a perfect pass on a fake punt on fourth-and-12 on the Wildcats 40-yard line to Spencer Kirkham to give OP (4-3) a first-and-goal at the 5. On the next play (the first of the second quarter)
Terrance Johnson took a direct snap and sprinted into the end zone. Kendy Charles then made the extra point to put the Raiders ahead 7-0.
On the ensuing kickoff Baker Coun-ty (4-3) needed just four plays to draw even.
Bowen, who completed 12-of-16 passes for 160 yards, started with 6- and 8-yard completions. Baker had a 10-yard run to give Baker County a first-and-10 at Orange Park’s 48. Bow-en then took the snap in the shotgun and scrambled to his right before run-ning back to the left and firing a strike to Avant Lee in the end zone for a touch-down. Blake Mays kicked the PAT and it was quickly 7-7.
The defenses of both teams then took over again. There were eight drives that followed from both teams that were stopped by the units. Baker County’s Tracy White intercepted a pass near the end of the first half to end the Raiders final drive, but there was only time for two plays from the Wildcats before the horn sounded.
The Baker County defense struck again once the third quarter started.
On the third play of the half, Jam-il Jones jumped up and intercepted a pass from Orange Park’s Vinney Walker to set up a first-and-10 from the 50 for the Wildcats. This time it was the run-ning of Bowen that altered the game. His 30-yard sprint down the left side-line gave the Wildcats a first-and-10 at the 20. Baker fumbled on the next play, but by the time the pile moved and the bodies were cleared, BCHS recovered the fumble and the Wildcats had a first-and-goal at the 5. Paige’s first try at scoring produced a run for no gain. On his second attempt, instead of running through the middle, Paige bounced out-side to the right and easily scored. Mays’
PAT made it 14-7 with 10:17 remaining in the third quarter.
The defense answered the call again.An 11-play drive from the Raiders
was stopped when the defense held Johnson to a 4-yard run on fourth-and-8.
“The defense played great tonight,” coach Mays said. “They came up big whenever we needed them to make a stop.”
The Wildcats punted two more times and in between the Raiders were forced to punt.
A lengthy punt return up the middle of the field from Sean Dixon gave OP a first-and-10 from the Baker County 26. A 7-play drive was capped by a 1-yard TD run, but after a pileup in the mid-dle of the field, the Wildcats were act-ing as if they had recovered a fumble. After some discussion from the referees the play was ruled a touchdown, Tavi-en Wilkerson then threw to Dixon for a two-point conversion while confusion continued on the field. In the end Or-ange Park went ahead 15-14 with 6:32 remaining in the game.
The confused feeling didn’t last long because White took the ensuing kickoff and returned it 95 yards for a touch-down. After Mays’ extra point the Wild-cats were back on top 21-15 with 6:15 remaining.
“Felt good to come through when my team needed me to make a play,” said White, who took a hard hit at about the Baker County 40-yard line before spin-ning and continuing on.
Baker County’s Carlos Jefferson scooped up a fumble on Orange Park’s next drive, but the Raiders got the ball right back when Baker fumbled and OP recovered just before landing out of bounds. But Orange Park couldn’t muster much of anything after penal-ties moved them back to their own 39. A sack from Weston Avera was followed by an incomplete pass on a fourth-and-20.
The Wildcats took over at their 48 with 2:23 remaining, but needed a cou-ple first downs to seal the deal. Paige and Graham took care of that. Paige’s 15-yard run got one first down followed by a 16-yard run from Graham for an-other. He followed with carries of 3 and 10 yards for another first down. Bowen then knelt down to run out the clock.
“We needed this,” coach Mays said. “To be able to look those men in the face again was a relief. They are all too close. I would really like an easy one at some point. But it feels good.”
Wildcats earn timely victory over
Raiders
Photos by Jud JohnsonBaker County’s Camron Crawford tries to get by an Orange Park defender after catching a pass from Alex Bowen during the Wildcats 21-15
victory on Friday.
The Wildcats Tracy White stiff-arms an Orange Park defender.
You use parenting instincts every day. Trust the one that says he’s not learning the way he should.
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The football playoffs didn’t work out exactly the way the Bobcats wanted them to, but the news isn’t all bad.
A 22-15 loss to Bradford Middle School put Baker County Middle School in the third-place game on Tues-day, but offensive coordina-tor Tucker Roberts is excit-ed about the possibilities of next season while reflecting on the current one.
“It just wasn’t our year,” he said. “I felt bad for our kids because they really wanted it. But sometimes loses are good for us. It builds character. It helps us get better. We’ve got a real good group coming up and 12 of 13 kids coming back. We have [running back] Ke’Nais [Williams] coming back and four lineman and [quarterback Hudson] Reg-ister.
If Roberts can take any consolation away from the loss, it’s that the talent is there to win, but as he put it, “We had chances, but couldn’t make the plays to win.”
After getting behind 6-0, the Bobcats (5-2) scored on their first drive. Williams capped the 80-yard drive with 25 of his 70 total yards for a touchdown.
“The O-line blocked pret-ty well,” Roberts said. “Not like it was exceptional, but we were getting 4-5 yards a carry.”
Register ran in the two-point conversion and the Bobcats lead 8-6.
Bradford scored with three minutes remaining in the half and were successful on a two-point attempt to make it 14-8 at halftime.
BCMS had the first drive of the second half when a pass was dropped on fourth down. Bradford took over and drove down to the
2-yard line. But Baker Coun-ty’s Ma-khai Mosley inter-cepted the next pass and returned it 97 yards down to the Bradford 1. Regis-ter subbed for Mosley, who was “gassed” in the words of Roberts and dove in from a yard away for a TD.
That made it 15-14 after the extra point.
“We still had 2 timouts,” Roberts said. “We felt pret-ty good about our chances. But we went four and out. I felt like we had our chances. It just wasn’t our turn. The magic ran out.”
Bradford Middle School traveled to Oakleaf Jr. High to play for the title on Tues-day.
And for the eighth grad-ers that are leaving the Bobcats, Roberts is excited about that too.
“The eighth graders have left the team in real good
hands,” he said. “But [the junior varsity coaches] are going to be very happy with what they get at high school level. These are good kids with good attitudes.”
In the third-place game the Bobcats beat Wilker-son Jr. High 35-0 in a game called at halftime because the stadium lights would not turn on.
Mosley did just about everything for BCMS. He rushed for a 1-yard touch-down, then intercepted a pass to set up a scoring pass from him to Register. Then he had a 5-yard TD pass to Conner Bearden. Jamau-ri Elliott added a two-point run to make it 22-0. Tyler Cline then picked up a fum-ble and ran for another score before Mosley’s 2-yard TD run made it 35-0 with 29.2 seconds remaining in the first half.
The Bobcats Tyler Cline, who also scored on a fumble recovery, sets his sights on a Wilkinson Jr. High runner on Tuesday.
Photo by Debbie PelhamBaker County Middle School’s Ke-Nais Williams (5) runs through a hole against Wilkinson Jr. High.
Bobcats finish 3rdMosley helps team end on high
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